the FAA needs to get on this to license these vehicles for broad use in our national airspace

And what you're talking about is the small UAS, correct?

In addition to being bad for business's bottom line, ObamaCare is placing a tremendous financial burden on American families. The President claimed his health care law would reduce the cost of health care, but the average family has seen a…

As safety regulators work through the challenges of the integration of unmanned aircraft, questions related to privacy have certainly received a lot of attention.

The issue of unmanned aviation is an important one that touches on the many areas within the Committee's broad jurisdiction.

If the data brokers of today controlled the UASs, I would leave promptly for Canada.

I look forward to hearing a progress report from Administrator Huerta regarding the FAA bills mandates.

the whole world is just waiting to get at it

Does the FAA have a mechanism in place in order to gather, store, and use the data that would be collected from these six test sites?

I rise today to discuss amendment No. 2622 I have filed, the Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act, that will be before the Senate today. The bill before the Senate today would extend emergency unemployment benefits for the 13th time…

we just heard a very eloquent speech given by the Republican leader on the Senate floor about the history of the Senate and the role it has played in our democracy, its past, and what could be its future if we can restore it to where it…

last night, due to airline flight delays in South Dakota and Minneapolis, I missed the roll call vote on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 452, Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the…

a number of my colleagues have come down here, and we have done so on a number of occasions because most of us are getting emails and phone calls and letters in our offices of real- world, real-life experiences that people are having with…

this week the Senate is considering a couple of fairly big items. We had a vote earlier this week on a budget proposal to fund the government for the next couple of years, and we also are going to be voting on a defense authorization bill…

Data-driven marketing can provide benefits and greater convenience to consumers.

So for purposes of Obamacare implementation, they are using you to authenticate people who are applying but not, at this moment, to market, the Federal Government.

We need to ensure that consumers are protected in this digital age.

I am putting these companies on notice that I am not satisfied and I have further steps that I can take to get this information.

I am also interested in hearing from our witnesses how the industry can work to balance the privacy concerns of individuals with the information needs of businesses and our economy.

companies should provide reasonable access to the consumer data they maintain; the extent of access should be proportionate to the sensitivity of the data and the nature of its use.

I have been on the Intelligence Committee, and every day I wake up to seven newspapers with nothing but NSA headlines.

I listened to the Senator from Alabama talk about the current budget debate we are having on the floor, and I couldn't help but think of the discussion we had when we were debating the ObamaCare legislation a few years ago and how many of…

the individualized access to consumers would likely outweigh the benefits for marketing purposes.

I do want to add a special note of thanks to Tony Hadley from Experian.

I will be asking our witnesses how data broker practices for marketing purposes may impact consumers, both positively and negatively.