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Christmas Drones

Floor Speech

By: Ted Poe
By: Ted Poe
Date: Jan. 9, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Red Ryder BB gun is a ghost of
Christmas past because, this year, Santa gave drones. Here a drone, there a drone, everywhere a drone. Just more eyes in the sky and these eyes could be anywhere and on any person. How comforting is that?

It is estimated that by 2030, 30,000 drones will be over the skies of
America. People are rightfully concerned that these eyes in the sky
could be a threat to their constitutional right of privacy.

Mr. Speaker, we are entering a world of unchartered drone technology.
That is why I am reintroducing the Preserving American Privacy Act.
This bill seeks to ensure the privacy of Americans. It establishes
specific guidelines for about when and what purposes that law
enforcement and private entities can use drones.

Technology may change, but the Constitution does not. The Christmas
spy machines that have useful purposes also need constitutional rules
to prevent unlawful surveillance by law enforcement or private
organizations.

And that is just the way it is.

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