“In America, we have a right to privacy and that right should be upheld.”

We couldn’t agree more with that stirring affirmation from Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas). In May, he tweeted that comment to express his concern over a White House proposal to make it easier for federal law enforcement to gain access to data on computers and wireless devices.

A few weeks later, Farenthold took to Twitter again, patting himself on the back for a vote he cast in defense of privacy: “Yesterday I voted for an amendment that prohibits funds to buy cameras that store and collect your license plate numbers. #PrivacyMatters”

And during the debate on the House floor on H.R. 1560, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act, Farenthold again came to the defense of the American peoples’ privacy.

You can read the full column, which originally ran on The Hill Newspaper’s website here: