If it is a step forward to protect children, we're going to do it. We have to do it. We have no choice.

Social media can also cause a variety of mental health problems in teenagers, including anxiety, depression, stress, body image issues.

It deserves the attention of this Committee and this Congress, and it deserves action.

We have to do something, and the sooner, the better.

This was the 67th mass shooting in America so far this year. Sixty-seven. More than one a day.

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

We're going to have a markup. Now, that doesn't sound like much, but it is a big promise.

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

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) are necessarily absent.

I annnounce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent.

I rise to speak on the confirmation of DeAndrea Benjamin to a South Carolina seat on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Benjamin has had a prominent career as both a litigator and as a jurist. She received degrees from Winthrop…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 395 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Cindy Chung to a Pennsylvania seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Chung has worked in public service for two decades and is an accomplished litigator. She received degrees from Yale…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 7. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 12. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 15. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…

finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, February 9, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

every parent in America remembers the first day they sent their child off to school. For many parents, this is a day filled with tears of joy as they send their child off into the world alone for the first time. For others, it is a day of…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 365 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 8 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 241 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…