We cannot accept the 'wild west' status quo any longer.

Thank you both for joining us today.

Let me interrupt here just for a second because this vote is about to close.

We can't continue to allow the collectors of people's information to dictate the level of privacy protection that Americans will get.

If we don't act, the world's largest markets will continue to impose on our innovators their own rules for private e-protection.

Senator Kerry has really been a leader on this type of legislation, looking at privacy concerns and has been working on a bill.

how to balance a free Internet--the ability to access free content and services for all users--with concerns raised about users' privacy

the Senate is supposed to vote at 10:30. And based on Senate time, we don't know if that means 10:30, 10:45, 11, whatever.

We need to have a metric to make sure we know how many hours are driven, and that they're complying with the hours that are in the agreement that we signed with Mexico.

I'm glad to see that he's doing well there.

I'm not sure I agree with y'all's definition of 'earmark,' but that's something that we should talk about further.