Richard Blumenthal

The FTC must act more swiftly to stop scams, perhaps going to court without Department of Justice authority.

I join that request.

I think education, Ms. Patten, is a very important component here.

The time for warnings is over. The FTC must go to court against wrong-doings.

Right now for these platforms, there's no cost to inaction.

Ironically, the increasing hope resulting from the vaccines has only accelerated the frauds that we're seeing.

Unless Congress acts to fix 13B, many of these cases will simply disappear and our senior citizens, our military veterans, struggling parents, and honest business owners will likely pay the price.

I look forward to tackling it in combination with the Ranking Member, Senator Blackburn.

If the sale of fraudulent and fake vaccine cards, representing a real threat to public health, is a violation of criminal law, it ought to be a referral to the Department of Justice.

I agree wholeheartedly. Individuals ought to have a right to go to court if, for whatever reason, the FTC is failing to enforce its own orders.

We really do have to do something, and my fear is that Big Tech is watching.

These consent decrees are meaningless unless they are enforced.

I am delighted that you are committed, as is our veteran Secretary to fight like hell for our veterans.

Another area where the VA sometimes has been adverse to the people it is supposed to serve is in the area of less-than-honorable discharges.

I hope that you will be able to come back to us, and I hope that you will commit to come back to us with specific steps you will take to prioritize those cases.

No one who is deserving should wait so that they are on death's door before the benefits are given.

I want to thank Senator Casey for his very powerful remarks and all of my colleagues for coming to the floor tonight in this event that Senator Murphy and I are helping to lead. Now I recognize Senator Van Hollen of Maryland, a great…

Would you favor using those statutes, where someone is shown to a court, and a court issues an order to separate that person from his or her firearm, for some limited period of time when help could be provided?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Barlet, as you know, 19 States have procedures in law for separating individuals who are in imminent risk of danger to themselves, or others, from their guns.

I was proud to sponsor the Peer Act, which was included in the 2018 MISSION Act.

I would appreciate that.

America woke up today to another nightmare, stunning, shocking, savage, but unsurprising because this kind of horror is thoroughly predictable as long as Congress fails to act.

America woke today to another nightmare, stunning, shocking, savage, but unsurprising.

Thank you, Senator Casey. First, let me thank Bob Casey of Pennsylvania for being such a steadfast champion of our seniors, of our vulnerable, and underserved population.

His goal was to overthrow that election. And the January 6th incitement was simply the last-ditch desperate attempt to do it, to overthrow the election so he could retain power.