I announce that the Senator from Pennyslvania (Mr. Casey) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 11 Ex.] YEAS--54 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

I rise to speak on the confirmation of Matthew Garcia to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Mr. Garcia is an experienced litigator with deep ties to the New Mexico legal community. He received degrees from the…

The online exploitation of children is an urgent, growing threat.

today is Valentine's Day and a day we set aside to celebrate love, but far too many American families this day have haunting memories and unfathomable pain. They are the families of Americans killed by gun violence. Last night, the…

The American consumer is virtually unprotected from the adverse effects of social media.

I rise to speak on the confirmation of Lindsay Jenkins to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Born in Cleveland, OH, Ms. Jenkins received her bachelor's degree from Miami University of Ohio and her J.D., summa cum…

I rise to speak on the confirmation of Judge Gina Mendez-Miro to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Judge Mendez-Miro is an experienced jurist and dedicated public servant. A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico…

I urge the Committee to support their confirmation.

We must do it. We must do it.

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 15 Ex.] YEAS--53 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

If it is a step forward to protect children, we're going to do it.

We must do it. We must do it.

It's time for us to create a governmental authority.

This may be legal, but it ain't right, and we've got to do something.

This is an epidemic. It is a mental health crisis, particularly for young teenaged girls.

the Government can do a lot better as far as that we're talking about today. We need a little bit more, first of all, uniformity, age identification, identity verification.

protecting children online also means combating human trafficking, and Senator Feinstein and I have passed legislation in that area

The EARN IT Act, which we are debating here, would change that ball game.

Senator Grassley and I have legislation to strengthen Federal protections against sexual abuse of children, including online exploitation.

These social media platforms ought to be required to make these platforms safer by default.

Now is the time to build on last year's momentum and disrupt the cycle of harm by passing privacy and safety-by-design legislation.

It's a lucrative business at the expense of our kids' privacy, safety, and health. We don't have to take it.

This is an epidemic. It is a mental health crisis, particularly for young teenaged girls.

We have more to do. We've lost 5,200 Americans to gunfire already this year, and we're only halfway through February.

Like we do in the real world, we need to protect our kids in the virtual world.