Jeffrey Dastin & Chris Kirkham

(Reuters) – Five Congressmen called for federal consumer privacy legislation following a Reuters Report published Friday that revealed that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:), has been leading a campaign to undermine privacy protections across 25 states, while simultaneously amassing valuable personal data about American consumers.

U.S. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal is a Connecticut Democrat, who participated in bipartisan negotiations regarding privacy legislation. This is the ultimate Big Tech move. Use money and lobbyist armies to resist meaningful reforms, but pretend to publicly support them.

These revelations have highlighted the importance of bipartisan action for stronger privacy protections. Since members were deadlocked on the matter, there has not been a major piece of federal privacy legislation passed Congress in many years.

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Wyden stated that Congress must prove Amazon wrong and pass legislation to stop large corporations abusing or exploiting personal data.

When asked for comment by Amazon, the company did not address specific criticisms made of it lobbying against privacy protections. Amazon reiterated the company’s statement in response to the Reuters report. It stated that it preferred federal privacy legislation over a “patchwork” of state regulations. According to the company, it would prefer a federal privacy law to “require transparency over data practices, prohibit the sale of personal details without consent and guarantee that customers have the right of access to their personal information and to be deleted.”

U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, a Democrat, chairs a House consumer protection subcommittee which deals with privacy issues.

In a statement, she stated that the group supports privacy legislation which protects profits as well as their rights to mine consumer data (including voice recordings) and facial scans. “Congress does not believe nor is it intimidated.

U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene and Senator Marsha Blackburn are two other legislators who also represent regions with significant Amazon presence. U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene (a Washington state Democrat) and Senator MarshaBlackburn (a Tennessee Republican), also agreed that Reuters’ results showed the need for federal protection of consumers.

Blackburn stated in a statement that Congress will safeguard consumers’ privacy and stop large tech companies from stealing Americans’ personal data, regardless of whether they like it or not.