it's democratic senator ben ray lujan from new mexico. one of the senators who questioned frances haugen earlier this month. senator, i want to start with something on that basic issue. the good news is, many of you and your colleagues believe there is a problem here. the bad news is and to put this in football terms, it seems like everybody has a piece of legislation and in football, you have two quarterbacks, you have none and it feels like we have 100 bills, which means we don't have one. you get my point here. when are we going to see this funnel in to a road map for what realistic regulation of social media looks like. >> well, chuck, to use your analogy it does take a team to get this done. many legislative ideas coming together. most of these are bipartisan. so, the legislation that i've introduced which is protecting americans against dangerous algorithms which also has a house introduced piece of legislation runs parallel to bipartisan legislation that has been introduced by the republican whip of the senate mr. thune empowering

ben ray lujan was questioning the top biden officials that testified about the effectiveness of wearingasks in school. take a look at these exchanges. [video clip] >> mask usage dramatically reduces the spread of covid-19 including one rural school in wisconsin found mask wearing reduced covid-19 by 37%. secretary, do you agree wearing masks in schools reduces the spread of covid? >> senator, i think the evidence now is overwhelming that good mask policy helps keep people safe, making sure you are vaccinated you continue to use a masking policy if you're indoors makes sense especially for our kids because we have kids under the age of 12 who are not vaccinated so there's no doubt the science shows the masking works. >> i will discuss a series of yes or no questions and ask for you to get through them quickly as i have several others. is the best way to keep schools open to deploy proven health measures like masks and testing? secretary becerra? >> follow the science and data helping us keep people safe, yes. >> sounds like a yes. dr. -- secretary cardona. >> last year a and half shows m