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Kevin Cramer on Technology
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Opposed stimulus investment, except infrastructure
Q: Support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?Kevin Cramer (R): No. Opposed stimulus investment. Some support for infrastructure.
Heidi Heitkamp (D): Yes. Supports strong infrastructure spending for areas like roads. But also concerns about the deficit, feels both parties have ducked the issue.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on North Dakota Senate race
, Oct 9, 2018
End Net Neutrality; don't require equal access to all users
Q: Support Net Neutrality rules requiring equal access to all users?Kevin Cramer (R):
Praised FCC ruling ending Obama Net Neutrality rules. Said other ways to protect the internet.
Heidi Heitkamp (D): Yes. Strong supporter. Voted to reverse FCC repeal of net neutrality.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on North Dakota Senate race
, Oct 9, 2018
Voted YES on protecting cyber security by sharing data with government.
Congressional Summary:- CISPA conducts federal cybersecurity activities to provide shared situational awareness enabling integrated operational actions to protect, prevent, and recover from cyber incidents.
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:
- Rep. SINEMA: We need a 21st century solution for this 21st century problem. This bill ensures that research and development, intellectual property, and software code is no longer being stolen by China, Iran, and Russia.
- Rep. MAFFEI: We've already seen state actors like the People's Republic of China pursue widespread data theft from American computer networks. This is a clear and present danger.
Opponent's Argument for voting No:- Rep. McNERNEY: I'm concerned with the civil protections not required in H.R. 624. Businesses should be required to remove personally identifiable information before submitting data to Federal agencies.
- CNet.com: Rep. Ron Paul warned that
CISPA represents the "latest assault on Internet freedom"; that "CISPA is Big Brother writ large." CISPA would permit, but not require, Internet companies to hand over confidential customer records to federal agencies. What sparked the privacy worries--including opposition from the ACLU and the Republican Liberty Caucus--is the section of CISPA that says "notwithstanding any other provision of law." By including the word "notwithstanding," CISPA's drafters intended to make their legislation trump all existing laws. It would render irrelevant wiretap laws, Web companies' privacy policies, and more.
- Rep. LOFGREN: CISPA could allow any private company to share vast amounts of sensitive, private data about its customers with the government. CISPA would override all other privacy laws, and allow a private company to share nearly anything--from the contents of private emails to medical records--as long as it "directly pertains to" a broadly defined "cyber threat."
Reference: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act;
Bill H.R.624
; vote number 13-HV117
on Apr 18, 2013
Sponsored sustained human presence on Moon, instead of Asteroids.
Cramer co-sponsored REAL Space Act
Congressional Summary: Reasserting American Leadership in Space Act (REAL Space Act): Congress finds the following:
- NASA's top priority in human space flight is to develop a sustained human presence on the Moon, as a stepping stone for the future exploration of Mars and other destinations.
- A sustained human presence on the Moon will allow astronauts and researchers the opportunity to leverage new technologies in addressing the challenges of sustaining life on another celestial body.
- Space is the world's ultimate high ground, returning to the Moon and reinvigorating our human space flight program is a matter of national security.
- China and Russia have declared their intentions of colonizing the Moon.
- NASA shall plan to return to the Moon by 2022 and develop a sustained human presence on the Moon.
Sponsor's argument for bill: Rep. John Culberson: It is critical for NASA to have a bold vision for space exploration, one that the
President has failed to provide. Johnson Space Center would flourish with a declared mission to return to the Moon by 2022.
Opponent's argument against bill: Space.com: While NASA's proposed budget for 2014 unveiled this week reaffirms t
Source: H.R.1446 13-H1446 on Apr 9, 2013
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