mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to raise my concerns over the outcome of the summit between the united states and north korea. now, afteritnessing heated rhetoric from both sides, the unexpected turn towards diplomacy by president trump and kim jong-un was, by all account, a very welcome development. as there is no military solution to the north korean crisis, i was encouraged to see direct engagement and i have long advocated for this approach. however, i am concerned that the agreement signed this morning does little to addresshe t threats and challenges we face. first, the text ofhe statement was the most vague and least detailed of any signed by north korea over the past three decades. despite his claims to the contrary, president trump got a weaker deal with fewer commitments than any of his predecessors. nowhere does the document explain what, quote, complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula means. for example, kim jong-un can easily interpret the language to mean t

mr. markey: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: i come to the floor today to speak on behalf of the amendment being made by my colleague senator warren from massachusetts and ranking member jack reed from rhode island. i strongly support this amendment, and i want to explain why. a nuclear weapon is a nuclear weapon, period. they are the only human-made force that could destroy all of humanity in a matter of minutes. they annihilate utterly and completely. the size of the bomb does not matter. using any nuclear weapon is a step so grave that it is in and of itself an act of war. it also invites nuclear retaliation. that's why president ronald reagan was right when he said a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. nuclear weapons are fundamentally different than any other military capability we possess. congress must have a role in determining when these weapons are developed, how they are managed, and if, heaven forbid, we must ever use them again. oversight is one of the fundamental responsibilities of this body

mr. chairman. >> senator markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for this excellent hearing. as former chief technologist at the federal trade commission do you believe that facebook violated its 2011 consent decree with the federal trade commission during this cambridge analytical debacle by sharing users friends information overriding users privacy preferences? >> so, i, of course, have to preface this by saying the opinions here are my own in my personal capacity not of the ftc or any previous employer. what i can say, the facts around the cambridge analytical data sharing was similar to the facts in 2011. ftc complaint alleged that facebook first shared private information like friendless to be made public when they were made private. told users they can restrict data sharing like friends only. when friends only didn't prevent information being shared with third-party applications. facebook had a verified apps program that cla it certified the security of participating apps. which it did. those were the counts in the complaints. the consent decree said basically barred fa

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. first i want to thank senator merkley from oregon for organizing this very important session tonight. and i will say this -- last month attorney general jeff sessions unveiled the trump administration's new zero tolerance policy. whether you come to this land fleeing violence, poverty, or persecution, justice isn't blind. it is now also brutal. this inhumane policy sends a shudder down the spine of the statue of liberty but not that of our president. zero tolerance really means zero refuge. zero tolerance really means zero discretion. zero tolerance tolerance really means zero humanity. the trump administration's mindless approach takes away the ability of federal law enforcement officers to exercise any discretion that might be warranted based on the facts and circumstances on the ground. in other words, zero tolerance is an anti-immigrant dragnet, the shocking effects of which we have been witnessing these past few days as children have literally been ripped from their parents' arms

mr. chair. markey, you, senator, for a full seven minutes. you.hank >> we hope that our agreement is negotiating rump's still with president kim. -- skill with with respect to kim. >> by the way, senator kaine, i that's an you, incredible resume for most interesting man in the world. amazing. -- it's but i was talking to admiral -- sink his going to nomination if you keep saying he's the most interesting man in the world. the president is the most in the world.n >> this is true. true.s his t admiral harris, father in the navy, meets his mother in japan, you know, after married, ii, they get move to tennessee, you know, and florida, and he returns of our pacific command. >> that's a state with no income tax. he's a smart man. to be here as our ambassador to korea, just amazing.y each of these stories is just an dream come true, in each instance. embodying all r way, i , and, by the support whole heartily each one nominations for confirmation. you for your of service. i would like, if i could, with harris, just to move over to the sanctions whi

mr. sondland: i believe it should, yes. sen. markey: you believe it should, and i agree with you that is where we are heading. european -- europeans obviously suffered through the german invasion, the nazi occupation, and subsequently the soviet union occupied much of europe as well. and identity was very important during that time, which is why i think there was a heightened sensitivity. within the lifetimes of family members in each of those european countries, they had to basically try to survive based upon identity. that is why all of this online information is absolutely essential. with regard to tariffs, mr. sondland, the e.u. remains deeply concerned about what it views as protectionist u.s. trade policies. president trump's chris is some billion goods trade deficit with e.u. in march -- the trump administration announced it would impose tariffs on imports of steel, 25%, and aluminum, 10%, from u.s. trading partners, following a determination the current steel and aluminum imports threaten u.s. national security. on june 1, thos

markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. mr. sondland, north korea is now hoping that they'll be a relaxation of sanctions upon them. they are visiting china. and ultimately that will be their goal. how can we ensure that we work closely with the eu to make sure not only the existing sanctions are in fact enforced, remain in place, but that we also put additional pressure on recalcitrant countries who have yet to participate in that sanctions regime? >> good afternoon, senator markey, thank you. >> i think your microphone is not on. >> yeah, it should be. >> okay. >> that actually, senator markey is one of my highest priorities. working in concert with the eu, the united states has the ability to create an enormous amount of economic damage to the north korean economy, which creates the leverage needed for the president to successfully negotiate the change in behavior that he's trying to negotiate. and one of my first priorities would be to enlist the cooperation even more strongly of the eu and its member countries in that rega

markey. >> thank you mr. chairman. and once again, this is an area where senator booker and i compete. we compete, and i just had him check it out, and new york has the second worst congestion. and we are number seven in congestion, boston. >> if there is one place that we might be behind new york, may be the only category. [ laughter ] in washington dc, that is number six. between new york, boston, and washington, we have a lot of reasons to solve this problem. it is consuming a large percentage of the discretionary time that we have left on the planet. just sitting in vehicles and waiting to get to places. and this new revolution, they are computers on wheels. going down the street, these computers on wheels could soon be able to send speed and direction data to other vehicles, roads, bridges, other transportation infrastructure, to improve safety. reduce traffic, improve efficiency. and in the very near future, we may be spending federal highway funds to embed sophisticated sensors into our roads. and bridges and like the everyday computer and smart phones, these transportation tech

thank my cosponsors blumenthal, warren, markey, gillibrand, harris, and baldwin for their understanding of this situation and signing on as cosponsors with me, and, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham:i ask to terminate the quorum call. i rise today to speak about a problem that's growing and needs to be confronted or we'll regret our decision to lay down in the face of russian aggression and syrian aggression inside of syria. mr. president, as you well know, we've been trying to find a solution in syria for quite awhile and were able to reach an agreement about decompletion zones in southwestern syria where basically the parties were disengaged and we reached a settlement with the russians, u.n. resolution 2254, to create some space, to stop the fighting and killing, and what have we found? in recent days the syrian regime has intensified military operations within the southwest syria deescalation zone negotiated by jordan, russia, and the united states. the russian air force is flying in this area, and we'

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to raise my concerns over the outcome of the summit between the united states and north korea. now, afteritnessing heated rhetoric from both sides, the unexpected turn towards diplomacy by president trump and kim jong-un was, by all account, a very welcome development. as there is no military solution to the north korean crisis, i was encouraged to see direct engagement and i have long advocated for this approach. however, i am concerned that the agreement

mr. markey. i'm not sure you got the answers you were hoping for, but thank you for the questions. senator udall. >> thank you, chairman wicker. all of you pointed out that the app economy is an innovative part of the economy and has revolutionized how we navigate our lives and we heard senator markey talk a little bit about that history and overview. however, these innovations raise questions about children growing up in a digital world. rents are being forced to make difficult choices between the children's privacy and allowing their children to engage in an increasingly online world. >> we have written to youtube about youtube kids app, directing children to conspiracy theory videos and about the need to respect the privacy of children, and i also plan on contacting other major app developers and platforms as part of the effort to ensure that children's priva is protected. mr. reid, last month "the washington post" reported on a study by the international computer science institute at the university of california berkeley finding that thousands of children's apps on google play

mr. markey: thank you, madam president. i just want to follow up on what the democratic leader was just making reference to with net neutrality. today is the day when net neutrality rules are just gone, even though there is a way in which we, the congress, can put them right back on the books. that's what happens in the senate. just three weeks ago we voted by 52-47 to put the net neutrality protections back on the books to ensure that they would be there for every american. and now, as senator schumer was just pointing out, the ball is in the court of the house of representatives, republican-controlled house of representatives. we passed net neutrality here in the senate on a bipartisan basis. senator murkowski, senator collins, senator kennedy of louisiana, they voted for net neutrality. we know, as senator schumer just said, that if the vote was taken right now on net neutrality in the house of representatives, it would win. we would be able to put those protections back on the books. so, millions of people rose up throu