{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/press-releases/bipartisan-coalition-presses-doj-about-government-hacking-", "Bipartisan Coalition Presses DOJ About Government Hacking", "2016-10-28", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "WI", "Tammy Baldwin", "B001230", "www.baldwin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.28.16\n\t\t\t Bipartisan Coalition Presses DOJ About Government Hacking  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Lawmakers seek answers about how government would use new hacking authority, one month before Rule 41 amendments would take effect\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers in urging Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers. The bipartisan group of 23 lawmakers, led by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), asked for more information about the proposal, formally known as amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Unless Congress acts, these new amendments are scheduled to go into effect on December 1.\r\n\u201cWe are concerned about the full scope of the new authority that would be provided to the Department of Justice,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cWe believe that Congress -- and the American public -- must better understand the Department\u2019s need for the proposed amendments, how the Department intends to use its proposed new powers, and the potential consequences to our digital security before these rules go into effect.\u201d\r\n\u00a0The lawmakers ask DOJ\u00a0a number of questions about how Rule 41 will be used, including:\r\n \r\nHow the government intends to prevent forum shopping\u00a0by prosecutors seeking court approval to hack into Americans' devices;\r\nHow the government will prevent collateral damage to innocent Americans' devices and electronic data\u00a0when it remotely searches devices such as smartphones or medical devices;\r\nWhether the government intends to use this new authority to search and\u00a0\u201cclean\u201d Americans' computers;\r\nHow the government will\u00a0maintain a chain of custody when searching or removing evidence from a device;\r\nHow the government will notify Americans who are the subjects of remote government searches.\r\n \r\nThe letter was\u00a0signed by: Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Lee (R-UT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chris Coons (D-DE), Steve\u00a0Daines (R-MT), Al Franken (D-MN) Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) as well as and Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ted Poe (R-TX), Justin Amash (R-MI), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY).\r\nA copy of the letter the lawmakers sent is available here.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Press Release\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Press Release", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/press-releases/bipartisan-coalition-presses-doj-about-government-hacking-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1736640483140945, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}