Senator Crapo and I have a bill that has vast bipartisan support.

I do think, unlike with the lead situation, the Consumer Products Safety Commission is acting quickly.

I recognize that absent direct statutory authority to go after these aiders and abettors, the FTC has developed alternative assistance legal theories to reach secondary actors.

Thank you for convening this important hearing. This is the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights. That is a name that we take seriously.

The real answer is: Do not let the market power be created if you cannot really enforce and police the commitments.

There is no question about that. People in my industry--or my former industry--they know that.

I am a United States Senator representing the people of Minnesota, people who buy cable, whose cable bills have gone up at three times the rate of inflation since 1995.

If a cable company wants to carry 'Saturday Night Live,' and they cannot, they are not--no one is going to use that cable company.

Given that it is really hard to trust you guys, from my point of view, and given that resolving these matters is so one-sided in favor of the big guy.

I am worried that this merger could set off another round of media consolidation.

It matters who runs our media companies.

I am not a lawyer. But I used to be in show business.

I come to this hearing with a slightly different perspective.

I really feel I owe a lot to NBC.

I very much admire his work and career.

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support the nomination of Patricia Smith to be Solicitor of Labor. Ms. Smith is a well qualified, might I say exemplary, nominee and I enthusiastically support her confirmation. Most…

The NLRB plays a vital role in ensuring worker protections, and Mr. Becker will be a valued addition to the board.

This is an issue of great importance to the tribes in my State.