Declarations

Autonomous Caution

“Unlike Arizona, California has taken a safety driven approach when developing autonomous vehicle regulations.”

— Jim Frazier, a California Assemblyman, urged caution in his state following the death of a 49-year-old woman in Arizona after she was struck by a self-driving Uber Technologies SUV.

Too Dangerous

“They’ve pulled everybody out. It’s just too dangerous.”

— Mayor and Assistant Fire Chief Bob Cornett said the fire at the 15,000-square-foot Tri-Chem Industries plant in Cresson, Texas, was being allowed to burn itself out before authorities search for a missing worker, Dylan Mitchell, who’s presumed dead. The chemical plant exploded and caught fire on March 15.

Missouri River Floods

“I hope this decision is the first step in a new direction for the Corps.”

— U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri said in a statement after a federal judge found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responsible for recurring flooding on the Missouri River that has led to damages estimated to exceed $300 million in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.

Teachers and Firearms

“The majority of Alabama teachers do not want to be armed.”

— Elizabeth White, Alabama teacher and volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, responds to proposed legislation in Alabama that would allow teachers and school administrators who undergo police training to carry a handgun on school property.

Uber Breach

“Instead of notifying impacted consumers of the breach within a reasonable amount of time, Uber hid the incident for over a year – and actually paid the hackers to delete the data and stay quiet.”

— Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in a statement regarding his lawsuit against Uber, filed after ha ckers stole the names and driver’s license numbers of at least 13,500 Pennsylvania Uber drivers. The lawsuit accused Uber of violating a state law requiring it to notify victims of a data breach within a reasonable time frame.