Claire McCaskill

My biggest concern is, listen, let me acknowledge, America is on edge. People I love are on edge. We are worried and we are angry.

She was lucky to be alive.

What about biometrics for all of the 38 countries that we have Visa Waiver Programs with?

It appears that this is a very important part of their business model because I do not think anyone could say this is not high risk.

The laws of this country should apply to everyone, and we should take all steps necessary to make sure that we fulfill our obligations under the law.

I know how dedicated the Chairman is to this issue; I know how dedicated I am to this issue; I know how dedicated Senator Heitkamp is to this issue.

They are claiming protection under the law while refusing to give the people who represent the law the facts that would, in fact, support their claim.

This is an enterprise. This is not one activity. This is an enterprise of activity.

Well, then we need to make sure that, as we try to get information from Backpage, we include that question: How many times have you blocked an ad informing would-be customers that there is a likelihood that the ad you may be responding to…

This hearing is not about reaching conclusions about Backpage... it is about affirming the legitimacy of this investigation.

Are we doing this for students? Are we checking them in all the databases?

There was never a satisfactory response.

Backpage has built a hugely successful business in part by posting advertisements of children and other victims of human trafficking on its website.

Can you explain, Ms. Souras, your testimony that there are more stringent posting rules for selling a motorcycle than selling a 12-year-old?

I am pleased that Senator Thune has agreed to take out the provision that limits the tools available to Attorney Generals as it relates to contingency fees.

One of the reasons adhesion contracts are so successful is because they are buried in a way that the average person is never going to understand what is being done to them.

This is a lot of waste, because nobody is reading this stuff. So why are we doing it if it is not providing the service that it needs to provide to the consumers that it is ostensibly designed for?

I just think this is a stupid idea. We should be getting rid of robocalls, not empowering the Federal Government to make them.

Well, they are wrong.

I just think it is a really bad idea that we have put something in this budget deal that is going to allow the Federal Government to participate in robocalls to collect debt.

America detests robocalls.

I am beyond confused as to why not one dime of that has been collected.

I have a hard time imagining, if someone has debt collectors coming after them, I have a hard time imagining that robocalls are very effective.

Our opportunity actually is to give a real clear, concrete shape to the problem which is otherwise invisible without the data.

The last thing you need is some con artist, bottom feeder scum trying to feed off their lives