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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez questions witnesses on government purchases of location data

House Oversight Committee — Official StreamEvent: Apr 8, 2026Published: Apr 8, 2026264K views · 1.9K comments

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: If a warrant is required to track a phone, why is a purchase order sufficient to buy the same data?
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Witness: Congresswoman, the legal framework treats commercially available data differently — whether it should is Congress's question.

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Full five-minute questioning round on data-broker sales of location data to federal agencies, with the witness's complete answers.

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