CEA Says Surveillance Distrust Cost Its Members Millions of Dollars
​Buzz about a forthcoming Senate vote on the USA Freedom Act (S-2685) grew late last week. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., filed for cloture in the middle of last week, setting up a potential vote this week. CEA wrote…
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to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., asking him in a Thursday letter to vote yes on such a bill. CEA President Gary Shapiro pointed to global distrust due to revelations about U.S. government surveillance in the past year. “This distrust hurts U.S. companies competing globally for business, and could result in the loss of thousands of jobs,” Shapiro said. “Several companies, including members of CEA, have already lost contracts with foreign governments worth millions of dollars.” Another branch of CEA known as the Innovation Movement asked people to write to their representatives urging them to back the USA Freedom Act. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wrote the bill and issued another statement Friday requesting the Senate pass the bill.