I just want to build upon that point that Commissioner Chopra made about this notion of consent would be--you know, trying to find out what you're consenting to would be a full-time job.

Antitrust laws do not exist to punish success, but to foster it.

Without a vigilant and active government promoting competition, markets cannot thrive.

It is my hope our hearing can help us determine fact from fiction when it comes to these allegations.

Competition enforcement actions like the Bell Labs consent decree created the conditions for scores of startups to innovate and flourish. While we often focus on the cost of action and regulation, we should also be asking ourselves about…

the settlement gives Facebook a lot to celebrate which was similar to what I said.

the breadth and depth of user data collected by the incumbent digital platforms provides them with a strong competitive advantage, creating barriers to rivals entering and expanding in relevant markets, and allowing the incumbent digital…

There has been a sort of antitrust immunity, in general, in the tech sector for far too long.

All of these effects are avoidable.

It is imperative that we in the United States identify and put in place a better means of protecting consumers' privacy online.

However well-intentioned, the GDPR is already producing substantial collateral damage to consumer welfare, innovation, and the health of the digital economy.

It's kind of curious, so I think this is a really important area for us to look at.

I just reject this argument that if we want to compete with China, we need to have our companies look like them.

I rise this afternoon to discuss the situation in Syria. Let me commend my colleague Senator Romney for his very thoughtful and very timely and very important comments. We all recognize that the situation in Syria is highly fluid. I think…

He was a great champion for our work and a great champion for our clients, and we are all going to miss him dearly.

I thank the gentlelady.

We have lost a great champion for justice and a passionate civil rights leader, and someone who was a fighter for truth in the Congress of the United States.

I am delighted to join my colleagues from Maryland and Delaware to support this resolution expressing disapproval of the Trump administration rescinding the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with its so-called affordable clean energy rule…