Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after the Senate voted last night to pass the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act without a vote on his amendment to address the Transportation Security Administration\u2019s (TSA) use of facial recognition technology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cFacial surveillance creates the foundation for a national surveillance state, and everyone who values privacy, freedom, and our civil rights should be concerned about the increasing, unchecked use of facial recognition technology by the federal government. As I worked with other Senate negotiators to develop a compromise proposal governing TSA\u2019s use of facial recognition, it became abundantly clear that the end goal for TSA is to make facial recognition mandatory for all American air travelers and that the current opt-out system will end. I will keep working to safeguard Americans\u2019 right to privacy and protect against the dangers of a national surveillance state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Merkley previously led a bipartisan group of 13 Senate colleagues in a letter<\/a> to Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell to urge them to take up this privacy issue in the FAA bill. Last year, he introduced the Ley de protecci\u00f3n de la privacidad del viajero<\/em><\/a> with Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to restrict the use of facial recognition technology by the TSA at airports across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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