Committee Hearings, Privacy Protections for Personal and Medical Information

This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material is available under organizational statements.

This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts released electronically by the relevant committee.

Abstracts:

• House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 7/14/00
• House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 9/13/00
• House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 7/15/99
• House Commerce Committee, Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, 7/13/99
• House Commerce Committee, Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, 10/11/00
• House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 4/12/00
• House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 5/15/00
• House Judiciary Committee, Constitution Subcommittee, 4/6/00
• House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 5/18/00
• House Science Committee, Technology Subcommittee, 3/30/00
• House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 2/17/00
• House Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, 5/9/00
• Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, 6/9/99
• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 2/24/99
• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 3/15/99
• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/00
• Senate Judiciary Committee, 5/25/00
• Senate Special Committee on Aging, 5/24/99

Testimony:

• America's Community Bankers, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• American Council of Life Insurers , House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Nicole Beason - Consumers Union, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• A.G. Breitenstein - ChoosingHealth.com, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Gary Gensler - Treasury Department, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Rep. James Leach, et al., House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Edmund Mierzwinski - U.S. Public Interest Research Group, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Joy Pritts - Georgetown University, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Robert H. Rheel - American Insurance Association, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Kathleen Sebelius - National Association of Insurance Commissioners, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Ronald Weich - American Civil Liberties Union, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 6/14/00
• Rep. James Leach, et al., House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 9/13/00
  
  
• Brandon Becker - Securities Industry Association, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Jack Brice - AARP, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Mary J. Culnan - Georgetown University, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Robert R. Davis - America's Community Bankers, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Matthew P. Fink - Investment Company Institute, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• L. Richard Fischer - American Bankers Association, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Gary Gensler - Treasury Department, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Richard Harding - American Psychiatric Association, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Roberta Meyer - American Council of Life Insurance, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Donald J. Palmisano - American Medical Association, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• George M. Reider, Jr. - National Association of Insurance Commissioners, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, 7/21/99
• Richard A. Barton - Direct Marketing Association, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, Financial Services and Credit Subcommittee, 7/20/99
  
  
• Gloria L. Jarmon - General Accounting Office, House Budget Committee, Health Task Force, 7/12/00
  
  
• Andrew Shen - Electronic Privacy Information Center, House Commerce Committee, 10/11/00
  
  
• J. Lee Covington - National Association of Insurance Commissioners, House Commerce Committee, Energy and Power Subcommittee, 9/19/00
  
  
• Peggy Hamburg - Department of Health and Human Services, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Steven Jacobsen - Mayo Foundation, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Chris Koyanagi - Consumer Coalition for Health Privacy, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Roberta Meyer - American Council of Life Insurance, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Mark O'Keefe - National Association of Insurance Commissioners, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Fran Visco - National Breast Cancer Coalition, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 5/27/99
  
• Elizabeth Andrews - Glaxo Wellcome, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 7/15/99
• Paul S. Appelbaum - American Psychiatric Association, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 7/15/99
• Chai Feldblum - Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 7/15/99
• Greg Koski - Harvard Medical School, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 7/15/99
• John T. Nielsen - Intermountain Health Care, House Commerce Committee, Health and Education Subcommittee, 7/15/99
  
  
• Deirdre Mulligan - Center for Democracy and Technology, House Commerce Committee, Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, 7/13/99
• Robert Pitofsky - Federal Trade Commission, House Commerce Committee, Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, 7/13/99
• Sally Katzen - Office of Management and Budget, House Commerce Committee, Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, 10/11/00
• Rep. William J. Tauzin, et al., House Commerce Committee, Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, 10/11/00
  
  
• Paul Appelbaum - American Psychiatric Association, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 4/12/00
• Ari Schwartz - Center for Democracy and Technology, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 4/12/00
• Robert R. Belair, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 5/15/00
• John T. Spotila - Office of Management and Budget, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 5/15/00
• Robert Stone - American Healthways, Inc, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 5/15/00
• David L. Veator - Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 5/15/00
  
• John T. Spotila - Office of Management and Budget, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 5/18/00
• David Sparks - American Hospital Association, House Government Reform Committee, Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee, 7/11/00
  
  
• Marc Rotenberg - Electronic Privacy Information Center, House Judiciary Committee, Consitution Subcommittee, 9/6/00
  
  
• Craig McLaughlin - Software and Information Industry Association, House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 3/4/99
• Jerry Berman - Center for Democracy and Technology, House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Jill Lesser - America Online, House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Marc Rotenberg - Electronic Privacy Information Center, House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 5/27/99
• Jodie Bernstein - Federal Trade Commission, House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 5/18/00
• Andrew J. Pincus - Department of Commerce, House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 5/18/00
• Joel R. Reidenberg - Fordham University, House Judiciary Committee, Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 5/18/00
  
  
• George B. Trubow - Computer Systems Security and Privacy Advisory Board, House Science Committee, Technology Subcommittee, 9/30/99
• Raymond J. Kammer - Department of Commerce, House Science Committee, Technology Subcommittee, 3/30/00
• Rep. Constance Morella, et al., House Science Committee, Technology Subcommittee, 3/30/00
  
  
• Alan Anderson - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, House Small Business Committee, 5/26/99
  
  
• Paul D. Clayton - American Hospital Association, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• Margaret A. Hamburg - Department of Health and Human Services, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• LPA, Inc., House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• Rep. Jim McDermott, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• G. Richard Smith, Jr. - Association of American Medical Colleges, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• Rep. Pete Stark, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
• Fran Visco - National Breast Cancer Coalition, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
  
• Margaret A. Hamburg - Department of Health and Human Services, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 2/17/00
• William G. Plested, III - American Medical Association, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 2/17/00
  
  
• Rep. E. Clay Shaw, et al., House Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, 5/9/00
• Rep. Jerry Kleczka, House Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, 5/11/00
• Roberta Meyer - American Council of Life Insurers, House Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, 5/11/00
• Rep. E. Clay Shaw, et al., House Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, 5/11/00
  
  
• Sen. Richard C. Shelby, Senate Appropriations Committee, Transportation Subcommittee, 4/4/00
  
  
• Sen. Patrick Leahy, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, 6/9/99
  
  
• Jill A. Lesser - America Online, Senate Commerce Committee, 5/25/00
  
  
• Sheila F. Anthony - Federal Trade Commission, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 7/27/99
• Deirdre Mulligan - Center for Democracy and Technology, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 7/27/99
• Robert Pitofsky - Federal Trade Commission, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 7/27/99
• Jerry Berman - Center for Democracy and Technology, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 3/2/00
• Sen. John McCain, et al., Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 5/25/00
• Sheila F. Anthony - Federal Trade Commission, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 5/25/00
• Mozelle F. Thompson - Federal Trade Commission, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 5/25/00
• Daniel Jaye - Engage, Inc., Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 6/13/00
• Marc Rotenberg - Electronic Privacy Information Center, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 6/13/00
• Orson Swindle - Federal Trade Commission, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 6/13/00
• Sen. John McCain, et al., Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 7/19/00
• Marc Rotenberg - Electronic Privacy Information Center, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 10/3/00
  
  
• Deirdre Mulligan - Center for Democracy and Technology, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, 2/9/00
  
• Robert Pitofsky - Federal Trade Commission, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism, 2/9/00
  
  
• Chai Feldblum - Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 2/24/99
• Sen. James Jeffords, et al., Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 2/24/99
• Sen. James Jeffords, et al., Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/99
• Sen. James Jeffords, et al., Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
• Chris Koyanagi - Consumer Coalition for Health Privacy, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
• Kathleen Sebelius - National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
• Robyn S. Shapiro - American Bar Association, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
• LaDonna Shedor - Healthcare Leadership Council, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
• Ronald Weich - American Civil Liberties Union, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
  
• American Association of Health Plans, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/27/99
• Health Industry Manufacturers Association, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/00
• Janet Heinrich - Department of Health and Human Services, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/00
• Joanna Horobin - Biotechnology Industry Organization, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/00
• Sen. James Jeffords, et al., Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/00
• Greg Koski - Harvard Medical School, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/00
• Harold Coxson, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 7/20/00
  
  
• Jerry Berman - Center for Democracy and Technology, Senate Judiciary Committee, 4/21/99
• Katherine Borsecnik - America Online, Senate Judiciary Committee, 4/21/99
• Jeff B. Richards - Internet Alliance, Senate Judiciary Committee, 5/25/00
• D. Brent Israelsen - iLumin Corporation, Senate Judiciary Committee, 10/9/00
  
  
• Mark Leavitt - MedicaLogic/Medscape, Inc., Joint Economic Committee, 6/6/00