Chris Van Hollen

Thank you, Madam Chair, and before Senator Kennedy goes, I hope he will add chocolate labs to your golden retriever list of things you just cannot be against.

It is important to have, first of all, some set of rules that apply to everybody and then some capacity to measure whether or not a particular AI system is complying with those rules

Because a lot of our anti-fraud, anti-market manipulation statutes are built on intent, human intent

We are very focused on that.

Clearly we have a market failure here, which is why we all should be finding a way to make sure we address this issue.

Tragedies like this show us just how essential access to broadband is in our modern life.

Before the pandemic struck, I had introduced legislation to close what we call the 'homework gap'.

Are there limitations on your authority to address robotexts, to implement anti-robotexting rules, or to collect enforcement remedies that Congress can address?

We are hoping that that might be included as part of an effort to extend the--your authority when it comes to--you know, when it comes to the sales, leasing of the spectrum.

Absolutely. But as you know, there are other Federal agencies that do have the authority to bring lawsuits.

Robocalls are obviously a constant challenge for consumers, and it is always a bit of a cat and mouse game, trying to keep one step ahead of the robocallers who are violating the law.

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Congress could update the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

We need to get this done in the coming weeks because it is hurting all of us.

This would obviously be a huge blow to our effort to really connect people, because physical connection is important, but if you can't afford it, it doesn't do you much good.

We have really got to resolve this. I mean, as you know, it expired in March and, you know, we are just hurting our own country and our economy.

This one-time effort developed during the early days of the pandemic was designed to assist students and library patrons with access to connections and devices.

The homework gap became a full-blown learning gap.

It is not a luxury; it is a necessity.

I think the FCC has made dramatic strides in improving the system by creating that feedback loop.

Many of us have been very active in providing funds to demine that area and all the reports we are getting from people on the ground who are involved in the demining effort is that the blockade is having a significant harmful impact.

It was undermining confidence in the peace process, and I do not see anything that has changed from that day to this.

I do not think the conditions on the ground merit it, but if you do, it will be interesting to see what the State Department puts in its required report on the question of whether or not--the impact of U.S. assistance on the negotiations.

I do not understand when we come together and we say never again, never again, and here we are before our plain eyes seeing history unfold.

Talk is worthless when one participant in those talks is carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing.