perlmutter: thank you, my time has expired. rep. foster: we will recognize representative bryce for five minutes. rep. brice: part of that i recognize the connections, it is re-marketing. your email is likely tied to your credit card in some way or you may have entered your email address when you checked out and your email is tied to social media. when they realize you purchased that they started marketing to you all kinds of things. that has been going on for some time, but it is for a lot of folks concerning wonder how did they know, how did they get this information? that is big data at its finest. in oklahoma, this last session we passed the computer data privacy act. the bill allows for the option for personal rights to be returned to the individual, along with the option for cancellation of the information in a private company's database. to me this seems like it could be a solution for privately collected biometrics data, but this is, to any of the witnesses here, what do you think are the most concerning aspects of developin

george: ed perlmutter, first at-bat tonight. mitch: look at that late. first offering was a ball, let's see if pfluger tries to step off the back. nope. -- off the bag. no. pfluger takes the ball, walks around the mound. that looks a little like max assures her -- max scherzer. from the stretch now, the 2-0. a strike to the outside corner, 2-1. infield came in a little bit. looks like they are protecting the lead. [laughter] mitch: the congresswoman, i am going to go way back and say she is summoning up more he wills -- maury wills. although she is wearing the number of willie davis -- two great dodgers. george: she knows what she's doing out there pretty nicely. perlmutter pops it up and a nice catch by pfluger as he comes off the mound and makes position, the second out of the income of the democrats with their final out. mitch: here we go. george: nice job by pfluger coming off the mount. two outs now in the bottom of the seventh inning. what is going to happen? is he going to make a pitching change for the final out? pfluger getting fist bumps all ar

perlmutter, for five minutes. mr. perlmutter: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to remember the devastating events of july 20, 2012 in aurora, colorado. i represented aurora, colorado, on this day 10 years ago when in an aurora theater 12 lives were taken, 70 were wounded, and an entire community was scared and traumatized. today marks a very painful day for our community and my heartaches with those who lost a loved one that day and will forever carry a hole in their heart. yet in this tragedy we saw incredible heroism. those who carried the wounded to safety and the first responders and medical teams whose tireless efforts saved lives. i'd like to recognize the 12 who lost their lives that night. a.j. boyt, 1. jesse childress, 29. gordon, 51 whose two teenage children were in the theater when he was killed. jessica, 24. mckayla, 23. veronica, 6. whose mother was shot in the chest and miscarried a week after the attack. rebecca, 32. and alex sullivan who was celebrating his 27th birthday. and was one week away from his first wedding anniversary. thi

perlmutter: good evening. as the member designated by by representative degette of colorado, mark desaulnier of california, seth moulton of massachusetts, tom suozzi of new york and david scott of georgia, i inform the house that these members will vote yes oh, yes on h.r. 7283. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. katko of new york and mr. rice, they will vote yes on h.r. 7283. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. miller of west virginia, i inform the house that mrs. miller will vote aye. on h.r. 7283. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. done ailed of florida, he will vote aye on h.r. 7283. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gonzales o

perlmutter: thank you, my time has expired. rep. foster: we will recognize representative bryce for five minutes. rep. brice: part of that i recognize the connections, it is re-marketing. your email is likely tied to your credit card in some way or you may have entered your email address when you checked out and your email is tied to social media. when they realize you purchased that they started marketing to you all kinds of things. that has been going on for some time, but it is for a lot of folks concerning wonder how did they know, how did they get this information? that is big data at its finest. in oklahoma, this last session we passed the computer data privacy act. the bill allows for the option for personal rights to be returned to the individual, along with the option for cancellation of the information in a private company's database. to me this seems like it could be a solution for privately collected biometrics data, but this is, to any of the witnesses here, what do you think are the most concerning aspects of developin

representative perlmutter. my >> thing mister obernolte is really focusing on the question of the day. i remember me a sermon in state senate about 20 plus years ago and we were just trying to have an internet with in the colorado legislator and something came up and we were talking about social security numbers and should we release them and all that stuff. for privacy purposes i said, well, i was sort of being cavalier and i said, there is no such thing as privacy. to your point, there is no such thing as anonymity. it is only grown since the last 30 years. the question is, i think from a policy perspective, technologically, we can address things and as miss wright for said, you give up things to get something. you can make it tougher for cybercriminal or for somebody to use your data but you are giving some efficiency or some ease of use in the process. the supreme court for in several decisions, none of which i liked. the one i liked the lease is the reversal of roe v. wade but they basically say that under

perlmutter: thanks, madam speaker. as the member designated by ms. diana degette of colorado and mr. tom suozzi of new york, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. schakowsky of illinois, i inform the house that ms. schakowsky will vote no on the motion to recommit. for what purpose does my friend from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. keller: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. smucker and pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. smucker will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly: as the member designated by ms. blunt rochester, mr. veasey, i inform the house that ms. blunt rochester, mr. veasey will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. weber: speake

during this portion we will hear from representatives barbara lee, ed perlmutter and nancy mace on why they support cannabis legalization and before. before. this is just over three hours. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you for joining us this afternoon at the reagan building. building. we are thrilled to be back and really incredible and exciting morning of discussion so far today.ss i am especially excited about our next talk because it features to two people i reay admire. one is doctor cheers who is a professor of digital storytelling and an interim provost for i undergraduate education at george washington university. she is also a close friend, an incredible support of cannabis advocacyle and also an incredibe advocate for the power of storytelling. and the second person i'm excited to introduce today is gary chambers is running for senate in louisiana. i think if we can talk about the power of storytelling, that mr. chambers experienced and what we're seeing with them as far as how he is captured public attention is a testimony to the power of storytelling. so without

i want to thank representative perlmutter for co-sponsor this bill with me and -- co-sponsoring this bill with me and urge my colleagues to support this legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. beyer: i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 6845, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7569, the en

as a former colorado resident, it brings me pleasure to introduce the video message from ed perlmutterepresents the seventh district in colorado. since colorado legalize cannabis, he's been one of the leading voices in congress on cannabis reform. he's also been on a crusade to legalize cannabis banking in the u.s.. he's been introduced six times. maybe the six time is the charm. the value of the current u.s. cannabis industry is $17.7 billion and yet has less than a percent of banks and credit unions providing limited cannabis banking services. there is no speak -- it's a huge challenge for entrepreneurs of color. our organization has worked alongside other advocacy groups and members like congressman perlmutter to create banking opportunities for minority and women entrepreneurs. the congressman has recently announced that he is retiring after this congress and regardless of how you feel about the bills that have been introduced in congress, the one thing that we can agree on is that we need more members of congress that are willing to make this industry a priority so that we can con

it is ed perlmutter thinking based on jay obernolte's line of questioning. ms. wright, as the director of the agency that thinks about this stuff, from a technology standpoint we can do some things if you guys give us clear direction. i think that bill is trying to do that on some of his digital legislation and jay has some stuff too. dr. foster, i will turn him back to you and you can do with my two minutes whatever you wish. rep. foster: that is an interesting -- you know, this is -- i will ask a question. so much of this will have to do with our cell phones. dr. romime, is there good coordination communication with the manufacturers of the cell phones? there is incredible ai built into the next generation of smartphones, but not all of it is in the secure enclave where you have some idea it is trusted computing. are you having thoughtful interactions, or do you get that they are just trying to set up a walled garden and keep everyone's privacy information under their control? dr. romime: we work with a very large cross-section of technology, including cell ph

perlmutter.he speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado yields to the other the gentleman from colorado who is recognized for three minutes. mr. perlmutter: good evening, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend from colorado for extending me three minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the previous question and the rule, especially the section regarding the wildfire response and drought resiliency act. climate change is having a real and serious impact in colorado and throughout the country. in 2020, colorado experienced the three largest wildfires in our state's history. last summer, smoke from west coast wildfires settled in the denver basin and what was at first some of the most pristine best air in the world became some of the dirtiest as a result of the smoke smoke from those wildfires. most recently, a fire ripped through the northwest suburbs of denver, between denver and boulder, destroying more than 1,000 homes in six hours. over the last 20 years it's been hotter and dry

perlmutter: as the member designated by representative diana diget -- degette, i inform the house that representative degette will vote yes on concurring in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stewart of utah, i inform the house that mr. stewart will vote no on h.r. 4346. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. green of tennessee, i inform the house that mr. green will vote nay on h.r. 4346. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members kahele, bourdeaux, vargas, andy levin, and barragan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on concurring in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana se

perlmutter: thanks, madam speaker. as the member designated by ms. degette of colorado and mr. desaulnier of california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker -- madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. john carter of texas, and mr. troy nehls of texas, and mre house that they will all vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. velazquez: madam speaker, as the member designated by representative jeffries of new york, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that representative jeffries will vote yes on the motion to move the previous question on h.r. 1300. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> gosar of arizona, i inform the house that dr. gosar will vote no on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition?