This funding was intended to help people not to be mired in a sea of bureaucratic red tape.

That is unacceptable that FEMA has not reimbursed them.

I assume you agree that the VA should not be contracting with organizations that fail those kinds of accreditation measures?

Protecting consumers is critical to me and a key focus of my work in the Senate.

I have led the Justice for Servicemembers and Veterans Act 2017. It is bipartisan, bicameral legislation that ensures that servicemembers and veterans employment and reemployment rights are effectively enforced under USERRA.

The Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 takes some important steps in the right direction.

I led a bicameral, bipartisan effort to unanimously pass what came to known as the Miller-Blumenthal Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act.

I have no plans to privatize the VBA.

Backlogs have plagued the VA appeals process for some time, and they have left thousands of veterans in limbo.

I do not see how you can change your business model unless there are specific rules of the road.

We have seen the apology tours before. You have refused to acknowledge even an ethical obligation to have reported this violation of the FTC consent decree.

If the President of the United States embarks on an illegal course of action there would be response on both sides of the aisle.

I think we are gaining momentum for legislation that I've sponsored along with Senator Graham and Senator Tillis and Democratic colleagues to make sure that the President is prevented from firing Robert Mueller.

Well, what happened here was in effect willful blindness. It was heedless and reckless, which in fact amounted to a violation of the FTC Consent Decree. Would you agree?

I think legislation is necessary. The rules of the road have to be the result of congressional action.

Thank you for being here today, Mr. Zuckerberg.

Firing Rod Rosenstein or Robert Mueller will provoke a constitutional fire storm that would engulf this presidency and would bring it down.

I think it would provoke in effect a shutting down of the --

I appreciate your commitment, in the context of Myanmar, to dedicate resources to take down hate speech within 24 hours.

He certainly would have much more reason to do it now. This raid on his lawyer's office is like a nuclear strike with multiple war heads, the audacity of this rate, and the need for demonstrate that his lawyer not only has evidence of a…

I hope that we can cooperate on this kind of measure as well.

How can you dedicate, and will you dedicate, resources to make sure such hate speech is taken down within 24 hours?

A number of Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media groups sent a letter to you yesterday that noted 'your company's aggressive practices . . . could silence human rights activists and citizen journalists in Vietnam.'

I was glad when Facebook finally joined other major technology companies and became a member of the Global Network Initiative in 2013.

It's also clear that Facebook has lagged behind other technology leaders in this area and that you continue to face serious ongoing human rights challenges.