Richard Blumenthal

We can no longer rely on notice and choice, on voluntary standards, on transparency, and consent. There needs to be privacy by design.

The fact is that consumers have no meaningful Federal protection for consumer data.

I will yield back to my colleague from California, but let me just close my part of this colloquy by saying that we saw the real Brett Kavanaugh before us on that day at that moment, and I think my colleagues, if they review that picture…

What I can say about it is that it leaves many questions unanswered. Many witnesses uninterviewed. And many leads unpursued.

That testimony was written, carefully prepared, planned, premeditated. Not some emotional outburst.

That op-ed piece is a pretty obvious effort to clean up the debacle of his testimony to the judiciary committee a week ago. And that testimony was really profoundly revealing. Almost like taking the mask off the judge and showing the real…

The White House is really responsible for circumscribing the witnesses, limiting the time, refusing, at our request made last Monday, the Senate Democrats gave him a list of 25, including Dr. Blasey Ford and Judge Kavanaugh and Kerry…

I would like to hear back from you about that.

Have you taken action against Norm Havercroft, one of the individuals who sexually abused Jancy Thompson?

What about Paul Bergen? He is a swimming coach who is not banned apparently but believed to be on the flagged list.

And you ban individuals who are convicted. Is that the distinction?

The feedback we receive today from the witnesses who are here will enable us to craft bipartisan legislation.

Let us remember that Larry Nassar's image in an orange jumpsuit followed years, literally years, when his crimes were disregarded or ignored.

Would you encourage establishing an athlete advocate within the U.S. Olympic Committee?

We failed the athletes who were abused. The system failed them.

This Committee is committed to making positive change for these and all athletes, and the survivors we have been working with over the past several months are truly drivers of this much needed cultural change.

I am asking that you commit to increasing it to a majority.

So the athlete complaint procedures worked or not?

You use the flagged list to include individuals who have been charged, but not convicted.

Do any of you use what are called flagged lists?

I want to thank everyone for being here, our witnesses and most especially the courageous and strong survivors who are with us in the hearing room.

Thank you. I have another meeting, so I am going to have to depart fairly soon, but I want to ask a few questions here.

The new law also makes clear that a core mission of the United States Olympics Committee is to prioritize the safety and welfare of youth athletes in Olympic sports.

If these hearings and the events of last week taught us anything, it is the desperate need for a complete cultural shift.

I am grateful to Senator Moran for his leadership and our partnership in these hearings and this effort to really achieve systemic change.