Good morning everyone. In morning, everyone. The subcommittee on Consumer Protection and congress commerce, wilbur come to order. We will begin with member statements and i will begin by recognizing myself for five minutes. Good morning, and thank you for joining us here today. Given whats going on in the world, its really impressive to see the turnout that is here today and i welcome everyone. In the two plus decades since the creation of the internet, we have seen life for americans and their families transformed in many positive ways. The internet provides new opportunities for commerce, education, information and connecting people. However, along with these many new opportunities, we have seen new challenges as well. Bad actors are stocking the online marketplace using deceptive techniques to influence consumers deceptive designed, to for them. Deceptive designs for them in the giving away, personal information, stealing their money and in gauging another unfair practices. The fede
Testifying on ways to counter the problem. Good morning everyone. In morning, everyone. The subcommittee on Consumer Protection and congress commerce, wilbur come to order. We will begin with member statements and i will begin by recognizing myself for five minutes. Good morning, and thank you for joining us here today. Given whats going on in the world, its really impressive to see the turnout that is here today and i welcome everyone. In the two plus decades since the creation of the internet, we have seen life for americans and their families transformed in many positive ways. The internet provides new opportunities for commerce, education, information and connecting people. However, along with these many new opportunities, we have seen new challenges as well. Bad actors are stocking the online marketplace using deceptive techniques to influence consumers deceptive designed, to for them. Deceptive designs for them in the giving away, personal information, stealing their money and in
Good morning. Welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. Well, good morning, everyone. And welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies hearing on accountability and oversight of the federal communications commission. I am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. I know it has been serve months since we had you before us and i know that you have all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. But despite that passage of time, many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. For example, i asked about the investigation into phone carriers selling the realtime location of nearly every american. Mr. Chairman, you told me that even after more than a year had passed, we still couldnt tell whether this practice had stopped. Couldnt say whether the impacted individuals had been notified. Couldnt tell us if members of congress and Law Enforcement had their locations sold or tracked. In june of this
Vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 72. The nays are 18. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune mr. President , every american has had to deal with annoying and Illegal Robocalls. All of us have been ininterrupted at one point or time announcing we won a prize or needing important banking information so that our account wont be closed. These calls are a major nuisance but of course theyre not just a nuisance, mr. President. Too Many Americans fal
Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Mr. Leahy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , i think were waiting for somebody on the other side. Ill yield, but i want to thank everybody for joining senator shelby and i on this vote. Its going to help us move forward, where i noted, as i said earlier in my remarks, republicans and democrats came together and worked extraordinarily hard on these appropriations bills. It shows what can be done when we do that. I think the vote here is an indication that if nobody is seeking recognition, i will suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Thune mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i understand the national . A quorum call. The presiding officer it is. Mr. Thune i wo