An important and cost-free first step is to cut social costs by designating a lead Federal agency on problem gambling.

Simply put, treatment works. It is an investment that pays for itself many times over.

The data seems to suggest that.

those who legalize, regulate, promote, and profit from gambling have an ethical and an economic imperative to minimize the social cost of gambling addiction.

I thank Representatives Barton, Schakowsky, Pitts, Whitfield, Campbell, Frank, and many others who are current or former sponsors of this legislation.

I am beginning to understand that it could provide a great boost to our national economy and it could provide a boost for Federal and State coffers.

I am only interested in game attributes or marketing practices that have the potential to mislead, deceive, or confuse.

Let me thank the Speaker for yielding time to me this morning. As I begin my remarks, Mr. Speaker, I just want to make a brief remark about one of the preceding speakers, Congresswoman Barbara Lee from Oakland, California, who has been an…

This forum provides an opportunity to look at expectations and attitudes about privacy from a consumer's point of view.

I understand that online advertising is big business.

The bottom line is that consumers want and expect privacy.