Washington, Feb. 2 -- Congressman Bill Foster issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Congressmen Bill Foster (D-IL) and Pete Sessions (R-TX) announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to strengthen America's digital identity infrastructure and protect individuals, businesses, and government programs from rapidly rising identity fraud and theft. The Stop Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Act establishes a government-wide approach to addressing vulnerabilities in online identity verification that are increasingly exploited by organized criminal networks and hostile nation-states.
"It is important that Congress responds to the growing wave of identity theft and fraud in the United States by strengthening our digital identi...