the jury system to help set that tone, to set that model going forward, we lose a piece of our democracy.

the bill that we will be voting on shortly reflects intense bipartisan collaboration here in the Senate, the type of collaboration that we need to see a lot more of in this institution. I share a lot of credit--let me put it differently. I…

I am standing here at the desk next to the desk of our fallen colleague, Senator Dianne Feinstein. It seems enormously strange that instead of being able to sit here and have her next to me, her desk is covered with a black cloth and a…

I ask unanimous consent that the privileges of the floor be extended to Mike Zwolinski, a member of my team, for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Would a candidate's use of a completely falsified digital image of the opponent saying something that the person had never said, would that be illegal under current election law?

We are seeing that the plastic which is made with fossil gas is a huge contributor to climate chaos, which we are suffering everywhere.

An advertisement in which one candidate says, hey, my opponent took this position and said such and such, and that is not true. That is not true. That is a violation?

Free and unfettered discourse has been the lifeblood of our democracy, and it has kept us free.

We are seeing that the plastic which is made with fossil gas is a huge contributor to climate chaos, which we are suffering everywhere.

Free and unfettered discourse has been the lifeblood of our democracy, and it has kept us free.

I really encourage you to come back next year and say, we do have some mass timber buildings that we have acquired for use or are building.

Would a candidate's use of a completely falsified digital image of the opponent saying something that the person had never said, would that be illegal under current election law?

An advertisement in which one candidate says, hey, my opponent took this position and said such and such, and that is not true. That is not true. That is a violation?

I--my overall impression is the use of deepfakes in campaigns, whether by a candidate or by a third party, can be powerful...

I recognize there is some uncertainty about exactly where the line is, and that is part of why this hearing is so important as we think about this elaboration.

I--my overall impression is the use of deepfakes in campaigns, whether by a candidate or by a third party, can be powerful...

I recognize there is some uncertainty about exactly where the line is, and that is part of why this hearing is so important as we think about this elaboration.

I really encourage you to come back next year and say, we do have some mass timber buildings that we have acquired for use or are building.

I recognize there is some uncertainty about exactly where the line is, and that is part of why this hearing is so important as we think about this elaboration.

We are seeing that the plastic which is made with fossil gas is a huge contributor to climate chaos, which we are suffering everywhere.

I am really pleased that we are holding this hearing and wrestling with this challenge.

I really encourage you to come back next year and say, we do have some mass timber buildings that we have acquired for use or are building.

An advertisement in which one candidate says, hey, my opponent took this position and said such and such, and that is not true. That is not true. That is a violation?

I am struck by a conversation I had with a group of my wife's friends who said, 'how do we know what is real in political discourse?'

Would a candidate's use of a completely falsified digital image of the opponent saying something that the person had never said, would that be illegal under current election law?