Brian Schatz

Some of the tech companies are really serious and want to do this, and want to do this regardless of whether or not the California law gets amended

You need trust and check, and the check part needs to have some stick to it as well.

The reason we are having a more robust, more serious conversation about a Federal privacy law is that there is this California privacy law

You cannot really have a law in this space without the FTC's ability to be the expert agency and to enforce.

Yes, I will just add that I agree completely, of course, that fining authority is needed for the FTC, and it must be substantial penalties.

Let us all not pretend not to know that that is happening. That is exactly what is happening.

FCC overstates broadband access on tribal lands, does not have a formal process to obtain tribal input.

Are you getting it right the first time?

I don't understand what you said. And I don't hear a sense of urgency at all as it relates to this issue.

Why is it not the Federal Communication Commission's job, plenty of funding, and plenty of expertise--to get it right the first time.

But in this instance, it seems like their size is a problem.

Isn't this organization just too big?

The problem right now is that if there's a violation, the FTC doesn't have--may or may not have a rule specifically that's being violated

We're not going to get 60 votes for anything and replace a progressive California law, however flawed you may think it is, with a non-progressive Federal law.

It seems to me absurd that we have to have the FTC come to a company, say you're violating something, then you come to an agreement

I think it matters very much if we're going to write a new Federal privacy law that the FTC has rulemaking authority under APA.

If there is anything that the U.S. Senate or the U.S. Government could be doing that it is not doing, I want you not to hesitate to contact any or all of us instantly.

We know that Russia has interfered in elections among our NATO allies, and to both Senator Corker and Senator Warner's point, it is working, it is cheap, and it is asymmetrical.

Senator Schatz visited our program. He encouraged us to collect information on our outcomes beyond our successes in saving our language and culture.

What is happening in Hawaiian immersion schools is truly special. Students that would ordinarily be considered the most likely to fail are succeeding at an unprecedented rate.

I think this is a really interesting instance of us not having to fight over what we feel is right in our guts.

Investing in Native language invests in that culture and it will help boost their self-esteem; it helps boost their ability to be successful in this world.

Language is a key piece to strengthen a people, and the Native American cultures around our Country need to be strengthened.

I guess what I'm looking for is some measure of accountability as the Chairman.

Do you consider my line of inquiry a false attack?