ASTHEADMINISTRATIONCONTINUESDANGEROUS EFFORT TOEXPLOITFEDERAL WORKERS'HEALTH RECORDS, WARNER AND SCHIFF DEMAND END TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY

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

WASHINGTON- FollowingtheWhite House Office of Personnel Management's(OPM)failuretosuspendtheir proposedcollectionofthepersonal medical records of millions of federal workers, retirees,andtheir familiesto beweaponized in employment actions, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) areleading their colleaguesinurgingtheadministration to end this illegal effort anddemandingsafeguards to protectthedata of federalworkers.

Earlier this year,Warner, Schiff,and 17 senatorsurgedtheadministration to reverse course onthedangerous decision to seek unprecedented access to personal medical records.In addition toOPM's failuretoaddresstheSenators' inquiry,...