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John Davison Rockefeller IV, commonly known as Jay Rockefeller, is a prominent American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Born on June 18, 1937, in New York City, he served as the Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985 and later represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1985 until his retirement in 2015. During his time in the Senate, Rockefeller was known for his work on healthcare, education, and technology issues, advocating for the expansion of access to healthcare and the improvement of education systems in West Virginia and across the nation.
when Congress passed the Trade Act of 2002, we made a promise to American workers that the potential loss of jobs due to trade policy will not equal the loss of health care coverage. The health coverage tax credit, HCTC, was designed to…
it is my very great pleasure to pay tribute to one of the great treasures of the Senate, Mr. Lloyd Ator. Lloyd is retiring after 17 years as the legislative counsel for the Commerce Committee, and 11 years in the Senate Legislative…
Improving air traffic control safety and extending broadband to consumers are both priorities of mine.
Let's be clear on one thing here and now: it's unacceptable for a controller to fall asleep on the job.
It doesn't cure a lot of problems, but it sort of creates a baseline of at least an attempt at prioritizing.
As Senator Rockefeller mentioned, we can't regulate this. I can't regulate professionalism. I wish I could, but I can't.
If we took a small amount of the time that any of these companies spend innovating products and started to think about how we protect our kids--and frankly, adults, but we are focused on kids, we think that would go a long way.
The Commission supports the fundamental goals of this legislation--to provide transparency and consumer choice regarding tracking.
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.
If it becomes entirely the responsibility of the Federal Government, people won't like that.
The Commission strongly supports the goals of Chairman Rockefeller's Do-Not-Track legislation.
It can't be a hundred people sitting in a Facebook office, trying to monitor 600 million conversations.
Since 2000, COPPA has been in effect. It prohibits companies from targeting children 12 years old or younger. It is widely disregarded.
Now, COPPA has been a very effective tool to protect children's privacy online.
It is my general feeling that people who are 20, 21, 22 years old really don't have any social values at this point.
I think the online privacy issue is not something of an unintended consequence. I think it is a basic American right.
The companies before us today--Apple, Google, Facebook--I appreciate their being here.
I hear that so often in government. People have to put out rules. They have to put out regulations.
In S. 799, the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights that Senator McCain and Senator Klobuchar and I have proposed, we propose rules based on fair information practice principles for all collectors of information.
that act requires--you have to provide conspicuous notice on what personal information is being collected and how it is being used.
I'm worried that NASA's inaction and indecision in making this transition could hurt America's space leadership.
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