Is it true that a plan designated as in critical and declining status means that plan will become insolvent in the near future?

Is it true that these 130 plans have 1.3 million participants?

Because voluntary rules have just proved insufficient to protect privacy.

I would like you to commit that the Norwich Vet Center will be fully staffed and capable to delivering effective and efficient counseling services to Connecticut veterans.

I have to acknowledge that I am somewhat disappointed that you cannot give a yes or no.

I want to be clear. You agree with that recommendation, correct?

I hope that data privacy and security against foreign influence campaigns is high on your list of priorities.

I would like to join you in working toward that end, which also recognizes the need of veterans who suffer from other kinds of toxins and poisoning.

As the ACLU noted, it has often been the states--not the Federal Government--that have acted in a timely and important way to protect consumer interests.

Do all of you agree that Congress cannot settle for voluntary practices or self-regulation?

I feel these staffing shortages directly and adversely affect the well-being and delivery of veterans counseling services to men and women veterans living in this area.

Does anyone here believe that Americans deserve less privacy than Europeans? If you do, raise your hand.

The question really is, Anderson, why are our Republican colleagues hiding behind a prosecutor?

The lack of diversity on that committee is their doing, not ours. And there is nothing about that excuse that justifies their ducking their constitutional duty.

The really significant news tonight is scheduling this vote the day after, literally the day after this hearing, leaving no one really time to consider the testimony.

Scheduling this hearing even before hearing Dr. Blasey Ford on Thursday demonstrates exactly the disregard and disrespect for assault survivors that shames and silences so many before they come forward.

But even before the hearing, if he really wanted to clear his name, he would demand that the White House order an FBI investigation of these serious credible allegations.

He deserves to have a vote, if it is concluded he's telling the truth, if his veracity is established after this hearing.

The sexual assault survivor Dr. Blasey Ford will appear and be questioned by a prosecutor selected by the 11 male Republicans.

I thank my colleague from Tennessee, as well as leaders on both sides. This effort has been truly bipartisan. It is a profoundly significant beginning but only a first step. It needs to be followed by others because we know that this…

the fishing fleets of other countries essentially are free to operate with impunity and are lawless

the fishing industry in Connecticut is still vibrant and active but increasingly threatened by a system that appears to most of our fishermen as a cruel and irrational, sometimes ridiculous, joke in their view

It's really hammering our fishing industry in the Northeast--it's Connecticut, it's Massachusetts, because it's completely stuck.

they are compelled to throw back perfectly good fish that they catch as a result of quotas that are based on totally obsolete, out-of-touch limits

Your question, Anderson, points exactly to the need for a full and fair FBI investigation before there is a hearing. Otherwise, we're going to be asking those questions in the dark. We'll be shooting, in effect, blindfolded.