Jim Ramstad Quotes
First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.
Ramstad, Jim. Congressional Record. United States Government Printing Office, 2004.
At the time The Patriot Act was being hotly debated—especially the section which allowed Federal authorities to inspect the patron records of any library while a gag order prohibited the library staff from even telling the patron that their records were being inspected. Most librarians mentally opposed this provision as an over balance, compromising the call value of library privacy.
James Marvin Ramstad was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota who served in the Minnesota Senate from 1981 to 1991 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009.