Jay Rockefeller

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

I personally am revolted by that.

I think it is our job as a government to minimize that possibility.

I want to know how and why data brokers are putting American consumers into categories like these.

Chairman Rockefeller queried 12 popular health and financial focused websites whose privacy policies appeared to allow for the sharing of consumer data.

I am putting these three companies on notice today that I am not satisfied with their responses.

I am here to say that this is a very serious situation.

The disclosures about U.S. intelligence activities over the past few months have sparked a very public debate in this country about what kinds of information the government should be gathering and how we protect the privacy of Americans…

I appreciate the dedication and work of Senator Rockefeller in bringing much-needed attention to the issue of data brokers.

A Review of the Data Broker Industry: Collection, Use, and Sale of Consumer Data for Marketing Purposes

The Snowden disclosures have harmed our country's national security, but they have made Americans think more than they usually do about how their lives, both online and offline, can be tracked, monitored, and analyzed.

We have all benefited from the rapid advances in computing technology, but we also cherish our personal freedoms.

In a wireless industry increasingly dominated by just two providers, the United States faces the very real prospect that in the months and years to come wireless investment will stall, prices will rise, and our Nation's economy will never…

A successful incentive auction will mean more robust wireless communications networks both for voice and data in rural and urban areas around the country.

A successful incentive auction will set a new model for international spectrum policy, just as we did 20 years ago with the first spectrum auctions.

There is no doubt that the FCC's incentive auction proceeding is one of the most important undertakings in the agency's history.

A successful incentive auction will raise significant revenue for FirstNet.

For this reason, we urge you to protect consumers, content creators, and wireless competition by supporting reasonable spectrum-aggregation limits on spectrum below 1 GHz.

Almost two years ago, I authored legislation with Kay Bailey Hutchison to give the FCC a new tool, voluntary incentive auctions, to make sure the Nation's limited spectrum resources are used smartly.

I have never voted against a foreign aid bill.

It is time for the STB to refocus its mission on supporting the businesses and people who use the rail network.

This hearing will come to order, or this nominee questioning will come to order.

Today we are going to hear from nominees for the positions in the Federal Government that don't generate a lot of headlines.

With the AMP effort moving into its next phase and Congress giving serious consideration to the role of manufacturing in maintaining U.S. competitiveness, we have a real opportunity to strengthen our innovation ecosystem.

Creating an America that will work better for ourselves, and work well for our children, will not be easy.