This is not capitalism. This is not the free market. This is a rigged market benefiting some greedy speculators, and it's not right.

Online ticket scalping is an unsavory, lucrative business and our fans are the ones who are exploited.

I applaud each state's efforts to level the playing field for the sports fan or concertgoer.

The politically offensive slang word, 'scalping,' came from the notion that those reselling tickets were, in fact, taking the skin off the back of the general public.

Bots are computerized cheaters.

Madam President, we have a vote coming up at 5:30 on the Zika crisis. Unfortunately, it is not the vote we voted on in the bipartisan bill which there were 69 votes in favor of out of 100 Senators and which we then sent to the House. The…

Just that I am so happy that the bipartisan nature of this Committee continues, and I will do what most Senators do not do. I will shut up.

Mr. President, today I wish to honor MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL, during its 75th anniversary year. MacDill's humble start began during its construction when aircrews of the 29th Bomber Group landed their B-17 Flying Fortress…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Warren Ponto, the committee's detailee from the FAA, be allowed privileges of the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President at 1:45 p.m. today, we are going to vote on the FAA bill. It is coming back, in essence, as a conference report, although it was negotiated directly with the House. So we will take up the House message. I thank Senator Thune…

I have often thought of our ability to protect ourselves in cyber as that we are really almost like the standoff in the nuclear, assured mutual destruction.