Amy Klobuchar: “I want to thank my colleague Senator Grassley, the Republican lead on this bill; Senator Blumenthal, who has done so…”

“I want to thank my colleague Senator Grassley, the Republican lead on this bill; Senator Blumenthal, who has done so much work in the area of competition and protection of children; and Senator Hirono, who came to the floor today; as well as our original cosponsors of this bill, with many more supporters out there. And that includes Senator Durbin, the Chair of the Judiciary Committee; Senator Lindsey Graham, the former chair; Senator Kennedy; Senator Cory Booker; Senator Josh Hawley, Senator Lummis; and Senator Warner. So, as we noted, as you heard the speakers today, this is a real- world problem. This isn't something where the tech companies can say ``just trust us, we've got this.'' I think anyone who heard the whistleblower a few weeks back in Commerce knows that is not true; or heard the parent I heard from last week, who told me that, as she tries to protect her kids, as she tries to find the right filter or to get them to stop clicking on a link or doing something that is going to expose them to bad content and bad accounts, she said she feels like it is a faucet that is on and it is overflowing in a sink, and she is trying to mop it up, and then the water just keeps coming out as she goes from kid to kid to kid. I think that pretty much sums it up for how a lot of parents feel right now.…”