AS THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES DANGEROUS EFFORTS TO EXPLOIT FEDERAL WORKERS' HEALTH RECORDS, WARNER AND SCHIFF DEMAND END TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:

Following the White House Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) failure to suspend their proposed collection of the personal medical records of millions of federal workers, retirees, and their families to be weaponized in employment actions, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) are leading their colleagues in urging the administration to end this illegal effort and demanding safeguards to protect the data of federal workers.

Earlier this year, Warner, Schiff, and 17 senators urged the administration to reverse course on the dangerous decision to seek unprecedented access to personal medical records. In addition to OPM's failure to addr...