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I am here to oppose the nomination of Kyle Duncan to be a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit. The court of appeals for that circuit and every other in our country is supremely important not only to people who live in its…

I'm pretty alarmed that the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2019 slashes funding to NOAA by about 20 percent or $1 billion.

I'm proud of the work that I did and others joined me to persuade the Obama Administration to create the first-ever Marine Monument in the Atlantic Ocean.

the idea that you pose challenges, I think, is a profound euphemism for what's really at stake here

the Trump Administration has threatened to eliminate about half of all highly protected areas in America's oceans, the largest ever rollback of ocean protections in the history of the United States

He should receive a hearing as long as the White House does the work of investigating these claims.

There is an abject failure of vetting in this White House.

These very profoundly serious allegations add to -- really important questions that have been raised, serious and significant questions about his integrity and qualifications for this job.

This nominee is rapidly becoming doomed by the administration's own stonewalling.

The President himself hired Rex Tillerson because he looked the part.

These are raw allegations, they're trying to figure out exactly if there's any factual basis to them.

They're not moving fast enough.

I hope that today's hearing will also result in more vigorous enforcement of existing laws along with support for new laws that will enable tougher penalties, stronger deterrents, and better consumer protection.

But would you support the ROBOCOP bill?

In January, Senator Blumenthal and I launched a bipartisan subcommittee investigation to examine cultural and systemic problems regarding abuse.

I hope that you will review it carefully and support it.

Doesn't that mislead the recipient of the call as to location?

I support this Committee's efforts to investigate what exactly happened at U.S.A. Gymnastics and within the U.S. Olympic Committee.

I hope that you will help us, in fact, shed some light on this problem and that you will explain any inability to answer our questions.

There is bipartisan loathing for robocalls, and today we will hear from some of the government officials who have responsibility for stopping them.

Would you all agree that consumers need and deserve more effective means to block robocalls, better tools?

No one is immune from robocalls. Whether you own a cell phone or a landline, there is no escaping them.

Especially if they're offering favors or food or visits to their rooms.

we can't eradicate all the evils in the world and a lot of people come to us and say, well, we made a mistake, we need to do better, but there are clearly systematic failings here in the United States Olympic Committee that need to be…