Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my amendment No. 1476 be modified with the change to the instruction line only. I am just doing some housekeeping on that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

I would make one other point, and I am not trying to put my chairman in the hot seat, but nobody in this Chamber can name somebody right now who is trading on inside information. I believe that is a true statement. Yet we are changing the…

Well, I have plenty of those. In fact, I will do better-- I will give you a Zantac.

Through the Chair, would the chairman accept that modification to my amendment, that we would, in fact, establish positively that Members of Congress are under rule 10b of the Securities and Exchange Commission? Would that give the Senator…

Mr. President, this amendment would provide a complete substitute for the STOCK Act. It requires Members and staff to certify that they have not used inside information for private financial profit. In other words, they are going to make…

Mr. President, this is another good government amendment. If we want to restore confidence, this is something we should do. It says before we vote on a bill, we are going to have at least 72 hours to read it. It is going to be available…

This is a bipartisan amendment. This amendment is sponsored by Senator McCain, Senator McCaskill, Senator Udall from Colorado, Senator Burr, and Senator Paul, as well as myself. This is a straightforward amendment. We have asked for this…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prevent the creation of duplicative and overlapping…

Mr. President, I have one more question for the chairman. If, in fact, this is what we should do--and I think the body is going to agree this is what we should do--does not the Senator think this should apply to the administration as well…

Mr. President, as my colleagues are no doubt aware, I stand in opposition to this bill, not because I think we should have insider trading. As a physician I am trained to fix the real problem and you are treating the symptoms. Several…

What this has done is for political expediency of the President, to make him look tough, to fight against the allegations that you've been weak in the past.

I am just saying in terms of effectuating the protection of privacy, how are we going to do that?

I know it is our role to be concerned about the ultimate privacy protection that individuals deserve.

But if privacy is so important and if everybody at the table supports that, what is wrong with having the reminder that you are sharing your privacy?

I believe the Video Privacy Protection Act has become antiquated given all the new technology that is out there.

I really do not see a big difference from granting permission one click at a time to a blanket consent.

But the point is I have to, under the ethics law, fill out forms at the end of every year, and I have to get that.

So what is the difference of having an opt-in or an opt-out? It defeats your whole argument.