Richard Blumenthal

Because it can be not only less useful or useless, but also potentially dangerous.

One out of every five children in the United States.

The apparent decline in public approval, poll numbers.

And I would agree with Senator Lee that we get advice, but I also would suggest that we need advice.

I was going to suggest if you could talk to us I would appreciate it.

Let me ask you and any of the others who are here whether you are concerned about elder abuse, of women in particular, elder financial abuse.

Thank you all for contributing so importantly to the work that we're doing here.

Well, thank you. That will be very helpful and very important.

People are delaying their claiming decisions until later ages.

Do you think that there's sufficient enforcement against these kinds of scams?

There has been a downward trend in claiming at age 62.

But do you know whether they report these kinds of problems when they see them?

And what about going beyond law enforcement? Is there anything in your guidelines or practices that precludes sharing with non-law enforcement?

I proposed, with the support of a number of other Members of the Judiciary Committee, that prohibits employers from compelling passwords.

I am going to ask that Facebook commit to not collecting or storing those facial recognition data for anyone under 13.

Now that Facebook is considering allowing children under 13 to sign up for Facebook accounts, which obviously implicates a number of privacy concerns of a different nature and magnitude, does Facebook have any new policies or plans to…

Does Facebook allow third-party apps to collect facial recognition data from users?

Does Facebook share facial recognition data with any third parties?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you for holding this hearing on this critically important topic.

I think that's a critical point. How do you get that population into the office, and how do you not just get them into the office physically but get them there a second and third time for the follow-up that's necessary to provide…

It isn't an event. This hearing is not the end. It really is a journey.

With these small fines, there is no incentive for owners to provide safe care.

The last three Connecticut nursing homes that were found to be negligent in causing a resident's death were fined an average of $560.

And that's what's necessary to permit and foster and promote patient navigation, which is really navigating for patients in what is now all too often a maze to them.