the Government can do a lot better as far as that we're talking about today. We need a little bit more, first of all, uniformity, age identification, identity verification.

Now is the time to build on last year's momentum and disrupt the cycle of harm by passing privacy and safety-by-design legislation.

Now is the time to build on last year's momentum and disrupt the cycle of harm by passing privacy and safety-by-design legislation.

Senator Grassley and I have legislation to strengthen Federal protections against sexual abuse of children, including online exploitation.

It's a lucrative business at the expense of our kids' privacy, safety, and health. We don't have to take it.

It's time for us to create a governmental authority.

Senator Grassley and I have legislation to strengthen Federal protections against sexual abuse of children, including online exploitation.

This may be legal, but it ain't right, and we've got to do something.

We have more to do. We've lost 5,200 Americans to gunfire already this year, and we're only halfway through February.

This is an epidemic. It is a mental health crisis, particularly for young teenaged girls.

It deserves the attention of this Committee and this Congress, and it deserves action.

The EARN IT Act, which we are debating here, would change that ball game.

I think the urgency of this issue is going to help propel us past some of these obstacles.

If it is a step forward to protect children, we're going to do it. We have to do it. We have no choice.

This was the 67th mass shooting in America so far this year. Sixty-seven. More than one a day.

It's now time for us to act.

Social media can also cause a variety of mental health problems in teenagers, including anxiety, depression, stress, body image issues.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 395 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…