Insurance companies have surreptitiously modified their homeowner policies without properly telling them to exclude damage to a home's foundation.

It needs to be a really urgent issue.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you so much for having this hearing.

Thirty-five major insurers have not settled.

Isn't this precisely the reason why people buy insurance, homeowner's insurance specifically?

I would respectfully suggest that criminal authorities ought to have a real interest in it.

I want to yield to the Ranking Member, my friend Senator Nelson, for some remarks because he has to leave to go to a classified intelligence briefing this morning.

sometimes bipartisanship and comity do work. They have in the last 24 and 48 hours on two measures that are critically important to help our Nation's veterans have access to benefits and healthcare that they vitally need, that they…

I said no, insurance regulation should continue to be a state responsibility, but I said that the states have an obligation to do better.

For the record, about 35 insurance companies still have not settled in that case.

I just want to make sure you understand, Mr. Doak, what happened here...

Well, in my view, there is no question that the disclosures were totally inadequate, that this conduct is unconscionable and indefensible, and that there ought to be adequate redress in the courts.

Insurance fraud hurts everyone, including the business people, who are charged higher premiums, as well as consumers.

This issue is potentially widespread.

I saw all kinds of fraudulent schemes and the stories and testimonies about misleading and sneaky insurance companies from Americans across my state in Connecticut, ought to be of tremendous concern.

I know that later this afternoon, we are going to vote on the nomination of Christopher Wray. I am proud to support him, as I was during the Judiciary Committee, voting for him, as did every other member of the Judiciary Committee. The…

A couple of decades ago sex traffickers and buyers conducted their illegal transactions in dark alleys and back streets. Today these criminal transactions have moved online.

this kind of slashing and trashing of programs that are essential to the programs you administer that are vital to our economic future in aquaculture and agriculture I consider a mockery of the mission of your agency.

the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act addresses this issue and narrowly amends Section 230 to allow states and victims to bring cases against bad actors that facilitate sex trafficking.

It has failed the fishermen of New England.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for having this hearing.

I think your agency has a responsibility to fight for them and to make sure they are fully funded.

There is something profoundly unfair and intolerable about this situation.

The prosperity for the South Carolina or North Carolina fishing industry... they're not doing us any good.

the present system is far from satisfactory, it's a downright failure, and I would like to talk to you further about ways we can improve it.