Political Quotes

“Mr. President, well, today is a momentous day. The Senate keeps its promise to every parent who has lost a child because of the risks of social media. Today, after a lot of hard work, twists and turns, the Senate is passing two vital pieces of legislation with a strong bipartisan vote: the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, and the Children and Teens' Online Prevention Act, or COPPA. By passing KOSA and COPPA, we are one step closer to the most important update in decades to Federal laws protecting kids on the internet. Once we act, the House should pass these bills as soon as they can. This is such an important piece of legislation, and I say to my colleagues who have worked hard--Senators Blumenthal and Blackburn, Markey and Cassidy, Durbin, Klobuchar, Chair Cantwell, and others-- thank you. But thank you, above all, to the parents who advocated so tirelessly for these bills. I have sat with them. I have heard the terrible stories--children, teenagers, perfectly normal. Some algorithm captures them online by accident, and they end up committing suicide shortly thereafter. I have heard those stories. Can you imagine being a parent and living with that? So we have to do something. And these parents have turned their grief into grace. These parents are the reason that we succeeded today. Today the Senate tells the parents: We hear you. We are taking action. I am so glad that we have a broad bipartisan vote here.…”