Do we need to have a mid-air collision before it becomes an urgency on the part of the FAA?

Well, I believe in deadlines, and excuses are going to have to be valid if there is to be an extension considered.

I am concerned that the type of regulation approved by the Federal Communications Commission ends up picking winners and losers.

It seems to me that one of the problems that exists in this area is that there is not a uniform standard for how long the data has to be retained.

At this point, the Chair asks unanimous consent that a statement by Ernie Allen of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children be inserted in the record.

I am a firm believer in carrots and sticks, and I am tossing you a carrot now.

If you aren't a good rabbit and don't start eating the carrot, I am afraid that we are all going to be throwing the stick at you.

The only thing I would add, this goes beyond child exploitation because every type of crime that we worry about is committed through online means now.

Every piece of discarded information could be the footprint of a child predator.

Now, if it isn't unconstitutional, and it's working, then really, I don't think that we should break something that doesn't need fixing.

In 2001, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed with wide bipartisan support.