Technology

Tech and privacy advocates are pressuring House Republicans to take up an email privacy bill without considering amendments that they say would water it down.  The privacy bill has been held up for years, despite general agreement in Congress that the government should be required to obtain a warrant before going to technology companies and demanding copies of emails.  The… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today implored the House Judiciary Committee to consider several bills that would update the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). “We need laws that work the way the world works today,” DelBene said. “When [ECPA] was written, it was written with respect to the way technology was working [in 1986].” Video… Read more »

Just as necessity is the mother of invention, expediency is the mother of unintended consequences. The necessity here is the FBI's desire to unlock the Apple iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, massacred 14 people and wounded 22 others in the Dec. 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. The invention that the FBI seeks from Apple is a way… Read more »

BOTHELL – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement on the government requiring a company to break their encryption: “My first priority is always keeping Americans safe. That’s why I believe it is important for people to understand that this court order is not about a single iPhone, case or company. It is about setting a precedent that… Read more »

Rep. DelBene sees good chance of passage for measure to preempt state encryption laws Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today opposed a bill that needlessly imposes a layer of political review on investments in scientific research. Read more »

Today, Congressmembers Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and Mike Bishop (R-MI) introduced the Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications (ENCRYPT) Act of 2016. The legislation would preempt state and local government encryption laws to ensure a uniform, national policy for the interstate issue of encryption… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today applauded the House Judiciary Committee announcement to hold a markup on the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), a bill that would update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today joined colleagues in releasing the findings of a new report on broadband access in tribal lands of the United States. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Darrell Issa today sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller Gene Dodaro asking for a report on issues that may arise related to wireless spectrum and the Internet of Things (IoT). Read more »