{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/bipartisan-senators-question-rush-to-expand-doj-hacking-authority-without-congressional-oversight", "Bipartisan Senators Question Rush to Expand DOJ Hacking Authority Without Congressional Oversight", "2016-11-30", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Christopher Coons", "C001088", "www.coons.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.30.16\n\t\t\t Bipartisan Senators Question Rush to Expand DOJ Hacking Authority Without Congressional Oversight \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 Coons, Wyden, Daines Requested Short-Term Delay of Controversial Hacking Rules; Starting Tomorrow, New Rules Allow Mass Hacking of Innocent Americans\u2019 Phones, Computers\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Washington, D.C.\u2013Senators Chris Coons, D-Del., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., today made a last-ditch effort to delay broad new government hacking authority that is now set to go into effect tomorrow.\r\nWyden, Coons and Daines asked the Senate to pass or vote on three separate measures to block or delay a set of new rules that would broadly expand government hacking authority\u00a0without any Congressional input or hearing. The bipartisan group of senators has repeatedly asked for hearings to consider potentially sweeping changes to how the government can hack, search or size Americans\u2019 personal phones, computers and other devices.\r\n\u201cIf we fail to act today, these changes to Rule 41 will go into effect tomorrow without any hearing or markup to\u00a0consider and\u00a0evaluate the impact of the changes,\u201d\u00a0said Senator Coons.\u00a0\u201cWhile the proposed changes are not necessarily bad or good, they are serious, and they present significant privacy concerns that warrant careful consideration and debate. That\u2019s why I joined my colleagues\u00a0from both sides of the aisle\u00a0today in calling for\u00a0prompt\u00a0passage of our legislation to delay implementation of the changes for six months. It is our responsibility to do our jobs and thoroughly evaluate the merits and ramifications of\u00a0the\u00a0proposed changes.\u201d\u00a0\r\n\u201cBy sitting here and doing nothing, the Senate has given consent to this expansion of government hacking and surveillance,\u201d Wyden said. \u201cLaw-abiding Americans are going to ask \u2018what were you guys thinking? when the FBI starts hacking victims of a botnet hack. Or when a mass hack goes awry and breaks their device, or an entire hospital system and puts lives at risk.\u201d\r\n\u201cWe can\u2019t give unlimited power for unlimited hacking \u2013 putting Americans\u2019 civil liberties at risk,\u201d Senator Daines stated.\u00a0\r\nSen. Wyden first asked the Senate to pass his Stopping Mass Hacking (SMH) Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Daines, to block the rules from taking effect. Sen. Coons followed by asking unanimous consent to pass his Review the Rule Act, to delay the changes for 6 months. After those requests were rejected, Sen. Wyden asked for a vote on just a 3-month delay, through his Stalling Mass Damaging Hacking Act, which was also denied by Republican leaders.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tSean Coit at 202-224-5042 or\u00a0Sean_Coit@coons.senate.gov\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 Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 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.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/bipartisan-senators-question-rush-to-expand-doj-hacking-authority-without-congressional-oversight"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3244828917086124, "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"}