today I wish to honor the tremendous lifetime of service by one of our Nation's most courageous heroes, CDR William Moeller. Commander Moeller has served for 22 years in the Coast Guard in four location assignments, dedicating his time…

I come to the floor to join the voices of my colleagues in favor of supporting strongly, and I hope persuasively, the Bring Jobs Home Act. The Bring Jobs Home Act is a measure that contains some provisions that are hardly novel, not…

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…

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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

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

Does Facebook share facial recognition data with any third parties?

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

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…

I thank the Senator from Minnesota for his very powerful and eloquent words, and I particularly want to thank my distinguished friend and colleague from Rhode Island for his leadership on this issue. I also thank others who have been at…

I am reminded today of the old saying that we campaign in poetry but we govern in prose. We are in the midst of a campaign season when we hear a lot of rhetoric perhaps posing as poetry, but we have an obligation to govern. I rise today in…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). Without objection, it is so ordered. Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act

I thank the Senator and the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). The Senator from Louisiana. Prescription Drug Policy Mr. VITTER, Mr. President, I come to the Senate floor to talk about a priority of mine that has been the case…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island, my distinguished colleague, for those very generous remarks. Actually, I had four arguments in the Supreme Court. The rest was similarly exaggerated as to my qualifications. But I thank the Senator…

I am delighted to honor one of our Nation's most dedicated, talented, and influential teachers. Wendy Nelson-Kauffman, a humanities teacher at the Metropolitan Learning Center in Bloomfield, CT, was recently named as the 2012 Magnet…

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

Thank you, and thank you for your testimony today.

I haven't heard a more thoughtful or insightful panel, and I'm very, very proud that it happened here in Connecticut.

My recommendation to you, Senator Blumenthal, and to your colleagues on this committee and in the Senate, is to draft legislation that supports our efforts to provide seamless, accountable, and beneficial patient navigation across the…

And how many people go to visit each of the sites?

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

Medication reconciliation between care settings is an important source of errors and potential danger for seniors.

Thank you for that statement.