today we have a joint Commerce and Judiciary Committee hearing on online privacy and the abuse of data obtained by social media platforms. Ordinarily, I wouldn't come to the Senate floor to talk about an individual legislative hearing, but…

Most of us are concerned with the more immediate concerns about section 232, section 301, and NAFTA renegotiation.

I do think the slumbering giant of the United States government is starting to be awakened.

If you don't have a strategy that undergirds the development of an answer, then you won't get the result I think we can all agree on: ensuring U.S. workers have the skills they need to compete.

Thank you very much.

Well, you clearly rent it.

It sounds much more boring, but my question is during the time that it was Facebook's mantra or motto to move fast and break things, do you think some of the misjudgments, perhaps mistakes that you have admitted to here were as a result of…

Thank you, Mr. Zuckerberg, for being here.

I appreciate that because previously or in the past we have been told that platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like are neutral platforms and the people who own and run those for profit--and I am not criticizing doing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4851, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R…

I rise to mention one piece of legislative business and then will pay tribute to the senior Senator from Mississippi, Senator Thad Cochran. Last night, the Appropriations Committee, which Senator Cochran chairs, released the 2018 Omnibus…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Omnibus Appropriations Bill