I worry that we let the technology get too far ahead of us.

So you have got to look at this and re-examine it.

The dark pools would become a little less dark.

I am for openness and sunlight, first and foremost. I worry when we do not have it.

Mr. Chairman, could I ask unanimous consent that the SEC Chair...have 5 days to submit an answer to that question in writing for the record?

I am worried that this is a potential area for problems because by nature they are dark.

What kind of coordination is there, because I think most people agree that what started in futures spread to equities?

I am not so sure that is good or fair.

more than 18 months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers put our financial system into a deep freeze, we are at a crossroads in history. We can continue to turn a blind eye to the very real threat that excessive risk taking and reckless…

last Friday, I introduced S. 3295, the DISCLOSE Act, because Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections. I am joined by 40 of my Senate colleagues as cosponsors. Decades ago, Justice Louis Brandeis boldly said…

Senator Schumer specifically asked the FTC to develop guidelines for these services.

Teenagers should be given much greater control over the collection of data about them.

Senators Schumer, Bennet, Begich, and Franken have expressed to Facebook their concern about the most recent changes in Facebook's business model.

Yes, I do. That is why Senator Gillibrand, Senator Specter, and I believe it would be beneficial for the Secretary of Education to use this authority for State guaranty agencies that provide valuable services.

as Senator Gillibrand and I have expressed to Senator Harkin, we share Senator Specter's concerns. The citizens of our State rely upon the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation, HESC, to provide similar services, which have…

the Senate will reform Wall Street and will do it soon.

We supported COPPA at the time of enactment and continue to believe it provides a sound basis for privacy protection.

There is a good argument that these data collection practices should be regulated for all users.

we avoided a similar situation in northeast Ohio when Hugo Boss... made a decision to keep its last suit manufacturing plant open in Brooklyn, Ohio.

the obsession with quarterly results, the short-term expectations from the world of finance, which too often sacrifice long-term economic growth and job creation.

if Wall Street wheeler dealers become blindly obsessed with short-term gains, their actions can potentially--and have--shatter the economic security of Americans.

What we have got to do first and foremost and what you must do, in my opinion, to be the kind of Homeland Security Secretary I would like to see and for President Obama to lead effectively on this issue is to make sure that the world knows…

I had long talks with Peter Orszag. The money is all accounted for.

The violence, as you know, is increasing and is a serious threat to law-abiding people in Arizona and other places along our southern border.

Thank you, and I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman. You have done an excellent job so far chairing this hearing, as usual.