mr. felten is ms. anne toth. she's the vice-president of policy and head of privacy for yahoo! miss napol wong is deputy general counsel responsible for privacy for google. mr. christopher r. kelly is the chief privacy officer at facebook. mr. jeffrey chester now is the executive director of the center for digital democracy. mr. charles d.corran is. that how you pronounce that? is executive director of network advertising initiative. and mr. scott cleland is the president of the precursor, llc. again we want to thank the witnesses for their patience and for their appearance before the subcommittee this morning. it is the practice of this subcommittee now that we will swear in all the witnesses. so will you please stand and raise your right hand? >> do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> let the record reflect that all the witnesses have in the affirmative. -- have responded in the affirmative. and now we ask the witnesses to enter into opening statements. and mr. felten, you are recognized for five minutes or thereabouts, ok? so hold the mic in front of you, turn it on and let her rip. thank you. >> thank you, chairman rush,

mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the secretary of health and human services recently said that when it comes to health care, the status quo is unacceptable. i certainly agree with that. shoe thug wulgd it can thousand r shoe thug wulgd rolling to saw -- she then went on to say that the people are content with doing nothing. on that i disagree. republicans and democrats share the belief that health care reform is definitely needed. the question is: what kind of reform should it be? some have proposed a government-run health care system that would force millions to give up private health plans they haven't liked and replace them with a government plan where care is denied, delayed and rationed. this so-called reform is not the kind of change americans want. they want health care that's more affordable and accessible, but that reserves the doctor-patient relationship and the quality of care they now enjoy. and that's why republicans are proposing reforms to make health care less expensive and easier to obtain without destroying what's good about our current system. republicans want to reform our medical liability laws to discourage junk lawsuits and bring down the cost of care. we want to encourage well

r. warner, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair signed probt c. byrd president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, following leader remarks the senate will be in phorbg with -- will be in morning business. following morning business the senate will resume consideration of the tobacco legislation. and immediately proceed to a cloture vote on the dodd substitute amendment. senators should expect the first vote to occur at 5:30 p.m. today. the filing deadline for first-degree amendments is 3:00 today. filing deadline for second-degree amendments is 4:30 p.m. today. i ask consent that the time from 5:00 until 5:30 be equally divided and controlled between senators dodd and enzi or their designees. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, at 5:30 today we're going to have an extremely important vote. it's on whether or not this body will invoke cloture on the tobacco legislation. sunday -- yesterday -- 3,500 children who never smoked before tried their first cigarette. today another 3,500 will do the same and tuesday will be the same and wednesday will be

mr. president. i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the r roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. begich: i'd like to call off the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. begich: madam president, i have is it unanimou unanimous ct requests for -- consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. begich: i suggest an absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: