One of our justices once defined the right of privacy as the right to be left alone.

Consumers deserve transparency about how their data is used.

This is clearly high-stakes legal poker when we are talking about this.

As you may have gathered, I think the majority of members of this panel who are here today agree that arbitration sometimes violates basic fairness and sometimes even constitutional rights.

I believe the goal is to create a chilling effect on trolls who are misusing and abusing the system.

I think we all approach this subject with a lot of humility because we know how important it is to American invention, job creation, and economic growth, but any of us who have been in litigation for a while also know that frivolous is…

But I am thinking about what is achievable strictly in raw political terms, because I have not been here as long as Senator Franken or Senator Whitehouse, but I do know that often we are frustrated in trying to achieve these kinds of…

The letter that they sent me said this provision would unnecessarily increase the cost of litigation.

It strikes me when we try to take the high-altitude long view of this, we are talking about access to our government.

I understand that innocent players are hurt by the costs of having to defend what are regarded as frivolous lawsuits.

I am wary of overkill. I am wary of unintended consequences and of limiting rights without knowing what the end results are going to be.

I think is disingenuous.

I accept and I applaud that comment, and I agree completely with it that they ought to be viewed as consumers in those other contexts as well.

I think we have a responsibility to impose responsibility so as to alleviate those costs where they are truly frivolous.

How do we attract the kinds of people--you make reference to them--who have skills, who can develop these skills?

Do you think there is sufficient attention given to climate disruption, global warming, that area, in terms of the forecasting of weather?

many words have been spoken since Newtown, including the very powerful words of my colleague just now. But the plain, simple fact is no words can capture what I feel about that day. No words ever will capture that day or the days and weeks…

Well, it would operate in secret, but it could be combined with other reforms that would provide for some greater measure of transparency to the FISA Court's opinions when it makes new law that affects Americans around the world or at…

Could you get us the number for the length of time that is required for resolution of appeals?

Do you think, though, that we ought to have a constitutional advocate?

I want to thank Senator Murray for her work to avoid another shutdown because in another case the shutdown itself aggravated the timing issue.

I know the Chairman has expressed his concern and other Members of the Committee are committed as well.

Increasingly prevalent among our veteran community is the invisible wounds of Post Traumatic Stress often linked to suicide, unfortunately though not always.

I stand corrected. In fact, I misspoke.

Why does VA have no time measure for appeals?