"we are here to talk about a very ugly, sordid subject, and that is online sex trafficking or, as the name of Ms. Smith's organization describes it more bluntly, slavery."
"Today, we welcome my colleague and dear friend, Ann Wagner, who is leading this charge in the House."
"With this hearing, it is my hope that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, with our particular focus, will add some valuable perspective about exactly what is going wrong and what is going ..."
"those who thought that slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 America have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, it is on the rise."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for your testimony. It is so enlightening, and we appreciate it."
"One is that we have to find a better balance on privacy moving toward giving the consumer more information and more control over, as I term it, their virtual you, their information that is being colle..."
"It is imperative that we address data security. It is a timely issue."
"We can settle our differences right here with legislative authority in these hearing rooms rather than relinquishing that authority to regulators in power."
"I introduced a bill that would create a level and fair privacy playing field by bringing all entities that collect and sell personal data of individuals under the same unified rules."
"Some of the responses have perhaps been a disappointment from the perspective of free speech."
"These multinational corporations now respond to pressures that do not necessarily align with American values, so we need to examine how and why content is being blocked, filtered, or prioritized."