there is a live petition for rulemaking, filed by Media Access Project, filed a year ago, asking the Commission to examine the Commission's authority under the Communications Act, to require more disclosure in political advertising.

I do not know how we would do that if, in a given urban market, the hospitals are owning most of the practices.

But what is happening is consolidation of the hospitals--exactly the opposite.

today I rise in recognition of June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. This Saturday will be the eighth commemoration since the day was first established in 2006. By observing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, we are joining…

The owners of these hotels or the managers of the hotels would obviously know that this illicit activity is going on, very possibly with children?

I was wondering how best to reach young girls.

Do you have any recommendation of how this ought to be exposed, other than these attempts by local TV stations and the newspapers to bring this out?

Florida is blessed to be a destination State... Unfortunately, Florida also draws visitors for a far less attractive reason: child sex trafficking.

In your experience in Connecticut, are you seeing improvement in the reporting of these cases so that it will build the case all the more that this is happening right under our noses?

I am grateful to the chairman of the committee to engage in a colloquy with me about a devastating disease of bacteria called greening, which is devastating the citrus industry. We know of no cure. The bacteria kills the citrus tree in 5…

Back to the hotels. In your experience in Connecticut, this is not fleabag motels. We are talking about high-end hotels as well.

I would just conclude by saying that I not only speak of this for my State of Florida, of which citrus is one of its primary industries and now the product of which is a staple on every American breakfast table, but I speak also of our…