mr. warner: mr. president, i ask that the proceedings under the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate having received the veto messages on s.j. res. 36, s.j. res. 37, and s.j. res. 38, the messages are considered read and spread upon the journal in full en bloc. the senator from virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, in a moment, i will ask unanimous consent for the senate to take up and pass legislation i have introduced to help protect our democracy from foreign interference. earlier today, special counsel robert mueller testified that the russian government's efforts to undermine our elections are, quote, among the most serious challenges to our democracy, end of quote. a challenge, he says, that deserves the attention of every american. mr. mueller's testimony should serve as a warning to every member of this body about what could happen in 2020, literally in our next elections, if we fail to act. when asked if he thought that russi

mr. warner alluded to earlier, when someone presents plans to the dbi planning and they show an existing state -- that is the existing state being represented. to change with the existing state was. the plans show an existing state and a proposed state. after the permit is issued, someone goes out there and they see the new state, they new excavated state. you never saw what the previously existing state was. it's not always easy to determine the previously existing state was different than what they showed on their plans. because it's not like when permits are proposed that we need to have the site into a full site inspection and make sure there's existing plans. so sometimes that can be a challenge. this is what mr. curran was eluding to. if it can be done in a subtle way, purposely and try to get work done through different permits, either through misrepresentation, or serial permitting or the two together, you can piece together a larger project done what may have otherwise been able to be approved, or at least approved in that manner. that is not to say that is good, or acceptable.

mr. marcus: thank you. >> senator warner. senator: thank you. good to see you, mr. marcus. i am all for financial innovation, i am intrigued by blockchain. i share a lot of the concerns my colleagues to. -- do. during thek antitrust investigation of microsoft during the 1990's, the justice department found a key strategy microsoft used, called internally, embrace, extend, extinguish. i callrategy was used, it catch and kill, it has been a methodology facebook has used effectively buying up or copying other emerging technology that may be disruptive to your dominance. we move into blockchain which has the ability to be disruptive. why should we not be facebook's efforts here with libra and calibra simply as another manifestation of catch and kill? mr. marcus: i'm glad you asked the question. the way we have developed the technology, the early technology for libra is that we have invested, we have put our best engineering talents in building the codebase, the technology for the libra network, then what we did is we open source itd. it is not belonging to us anymore. it belong

warner. >> thank you. mr. chairman, it is good to see you again. an editorial comment first. was proud to support you when you became chair. you made a commitment to me that the job andalize role required an independent chair that would not be subject to pol

warner. >> thank you. mr. chairman, it is good to see you again. an editorial comment first. i was proud to support you when you became chair. you made a commitment to me that the job andalize role required an independent chair that would not be subject to political lobbying or wrangling. i think you have stuck to your guns so far but i want you to keep sticking to your guns. i would like to turn to some questions about facebook and its proposed cryptocurrency, libre. i am a supporter of innovation in the financial sector. cryptocurrencya could really deliver real for increased friction and more access for consumers. as somebody who has spent the last couple of years dealing with social media and facebook in particular, i think it would facebook hasy that developed something of a trust deficit and that -- and that the kind of silicon valley mindset of move fast and break things maybe works when you were thinking about it in a technology framework but when we are thinking about the kind of implications social media has had around consumer privacy, public discourse, that no reg

warner? >> thank you mr. chairman, it's good to see you again. make an editorial comment first. i was proud to support you when you became chair you made a commitment to me that you would realize this job and role required an independent fed chair that would not be subject to political lobbying and haranguing, whether it comes from this end of pennsylvania avenue or the other end. i think you've stuck to your guns so far, but i want you to keep sticking to your guns i would like to turn to some questions about facebook and its proposed cryptocurrency, libra i'm a supporter of innovation in the financial sector, and if done right, this notion of a cryptocurrency could really deliver, i think, real benefits to the -- for increased friction, more access to consumers. but somebody who spent a lot of time the last couple of years dealing with social media and facebook in particular, i think it would be safe to say, and frankly, for people on both sides of the aisle, that facebook has quodeveloped sometn of a trust deficit and that the kind of silicon valley mind-set of move fast and

warner? >> thank you mr. chairman, it's good to see you again. make an editorial comment first.roud to support you when you became chair you made a commitment to me that you would realize this job and role required an independent fed chair that would not

mr. trump shared the post. >> some of you guys are out there. >> reporter: democratic senator mark warner took a different view this so-called summit is nothing but a political spectacle, where you invited in some of the most outrageous voices of the internet. >> reporter: do you believe conservatives are being censored? >> i do. >> reporter: ryan fournier, who co-founded the group "students for trump," attended the event. he's convinced twitter controls engagement based on the content, without providing explicit evidence. >> whether it's their algorithm, whether it's individuals within the company, whether it is automation, there is something going on that is in their system saying that they don't like conservatives. >> axelrod: weijia jiang joins us. so, weijia, we saw who was in the room. but why were the big tech companies not in the room today? >> reporter: you know, we talked to some participants, who said their absence made the conversation more candid. and even though they were not invited today, president trump says he plans to ask reps from all the major social media platforms to visit the white hous

warner. >> thank you. mr. chairman, it's good to see you again. again an editorial comment first. i was proud to support you when you became chair. you made a commitment to me that you would realize this job and all required independent fed chair that would not be subject to political lobbying, rangel, when it comes from this pennsylvania avenue or the other end. i think you stuck your guns so far but it what you keep sticking to your guns. i'd like to turn to some questions about facebook and its proposed cryptocracy, libra. i'm a supporter of innovation in the financial sector. and if done right this notion of a cryptic currency could really deliver i think real benefits to the increased friction, more access for consumers. but also to tell her for some who spent a lot of time the last couple years deal with social media, facebook in particular, i think we'll be safe to say and, frankly, for people both sides of the aisle that facebook has he felt something of a trust deficit. and that the kind of silicon valley mindset of move fast and break things maybe works when you're just

warner. >> thank you. mr. chairman, it's good to see you again. >>'s an editorial comment first . i was proud to support you when you became chair. you made a commitment to me that you would realize this job and role required. an independent venture that would not be subject to political lobbying and haranguing, whether it comes from this pennsylvania avenue or the other and. i think you have stuck to your gun so far. but i want you to keep sticking to your guns. i like to turn to some questions about facebook and the proposed crypto currency, libra. i am a supporter of innovation in the financial sector. and, if i'm right, this notion of a crypto currency could really deliver, i think real benefits from increased friction. more access for consumers. i also got a tell you, somebody who spent a lot of time in the last couple of years dealing with social media and facebook in particular, i think it would be safe to say, frankly for people on both sides of the aisle, that facebook has developed something of a trust deficit. and, at the kind of silicon valley mindset of move fast and

warner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you, mr. marcus. i'm all for better payment methods. i'm intrigued by blockchain and distributive ledger technology. i share a lot of concerns that my colleagues do up here particularly with an enterprise as large as yours, 23 billion u users. we look back during the antitrust investigation of microsoft during the 1990 the justice department found a key strategy that microsoft used that was called embrace, extend, extinguish. just the strategy was to go out and find a new technology then either copy it or buy it up. i call it catch and kill. buying up or copying other emerging technologies that might be disruptive to your dominance. now, we move into blockchain which, again, has the ability to be extraordinarily disruptive. why shouldn't we view facebook's efforts here with libra and calibra simply as another manifestation of the catch and kill approach? >> senator, i'm glad you asked that question because the way that we have developed the technology, the early technology, for libra, is that we've invested, we've put our best engineeri

mr. trump shared the post. >> some of you guys are out there. >> reporter: democratic senator mark warner took a different view. >> this so-called summit is nothing but a political spectacle where you invited in some of the most outrageous voices from the internet. >> reporter: do you believe conservatives are being censored? >> i do. >> reporter: ryan fournier, who cofounded the group students for trump attended the event. he is convinced twitter controls engagement based on the content without providing explicit evidence. >> whether it's their algorithms, whether it's individuals within the company, whether it is automation, there is something going on that is in their system saying that they don't like conservatives. >> weijia jiang joins us now. so we saw who was in the room, but why were the big tech companies not in the room today? >> well, you know, we talked to summit participants who said their absence actually made the conversation more candid. and even though they were not invited today, president trump says he plans to ask reps from all the major social media platforms to visit the white house over

warner the vis chairman of the senate intelligence committee. how big of a threat are the russian attacks, senator? >> i think the flthreat is huge >> we have mrn fbi director. his director of national intelligence dan coates, head of the nsa, national security agency and others saying russia will be back because they were effective in 2016. and what is flabbergasting to me and see this president still makes jokes about it with vladimir putin when the g-20 meetings rather than holding him accountable. and the fact we have a series of bipartisan legislation we can't get to the floor of the senate because the majority leader senator mcconnell won't allow us to bring it forward. common sense things like if a foreign agent tries to interfere there ought to be an obligation to tell the fbi. trying to make sure we paper backpack for any polling stations or trying to put in place rules of the road for social media. this sunt be partisan. but unfortunately the president's unwillingness to grapple with it we are not protected as we should be. >> i want to play what former special counsel robert murlt mueller said at the end of his release about the rep

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