“Most Members of Congress are Millionaires”, according to a recent article in the Washington Post. It therefore hard to image that members might shop at a low end retailer like Target in the first place…
On January 10, 2014 Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania asked for and was granted as much time as he could consume to speak to the United States House of Representatives regarding H.R. 3811- “Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014”. During which time he laughably suggested among other things that members of Congress may have been among those who had credit card information stolen at Target? Which is insanely absurd given the fact that most members of Congress are in fact millionaires and probably don’t shop such a low end retailer. Lawmakers’ average net worth in 2012 nosed above the seven-figure mark to $1,008,767, according to the Center for Responsive politics. With that kind of money they probably shop Neiman Marcus instead.
“Mr. Speaker, in the days leading up to Christmas, hackers stole millions of credit card numbers from the servers of retail giant Target. I imagine that at least a few here in this Chamber may have had their own credit cards replaced to prevent theft.”
“What if Target had not bothered to tell anyone? What if they had waited until people noticed fraudulent charges popping up on their statements? The damage would certainly be worse”, he said.
“It may shock some people to learn that there is no legal requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services notify an individual if his or her personal information is breached or improperly accessed through the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges. While HHS has said that it will notify individuals in such a case, the American people have a right to know that their government is required by law to contact them if their personal information is compromised”, he continued.
“H.R. 3811, the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, would simply ensure Americans receive notification from HHS when their personally identifiable information has been compromised through the exchanges. Specifically, the bill requires HHS to notify individuals no later than two business days after discovery of a breach of an exchange system”, said Rep. Pitts (source: Congressional Record http://thomas.loc.gov).
See related article: Now, most members of Congress are millionaires http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2014/01/09/now-most-members-of-congress-are-millionaires/
See also Millionaire’s club – http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/01/millionaires-club-for-first-time-most-lawmakers-are-worth-1-million-plus.html