ms. greisman: that is just not practical given the volume. sen. collins: but when people have complained on your site, do forhave a list of tips them, or advice for them to avoid becoming a victim? ms. greisman: absolutely. when they file a complaint online there are lots of buttons that can find -- revised consumer education. sen. collins: i put out a newsletter in the area agency on aging, senior centers, and what we are thinking is having some thatof clip out coupon consumers can take with them, or that we can try using aarp to put into people's homes so they know what to do. there are very few people who blase, and. really know what is going on. prior to looking into this matter, if i had seen the irs, or the police department, on my landline at home. you can bet i would answer that call. now i hope i would have been able to discern that it was not legitimate, i hope it will not be legitimate. for most people, that is a pretty scary name or number to see come up, especially when it is the legitimate number. one thing we are also seeing, and it may hav

ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president i am informed that it is in order for me to file the substitute amendment that i just described, and i would send that to the desk. the presiding officer: the amendment will be received. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, i have one unanimous consent request for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. it has been approved by the majority and minority leaders. i'd ask unanimous consent that this request be agreed to and printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: madam president as the presiding officer knows we will have a very important vote about an hour and a half from now on a bill that would eliminate taxpayer funding for abortions consistent with four decades of u.s. law. and, contrary to the comments made by our friend from oregon who just spoke rather than withhold those funds

ms. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i have eight unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of both the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that the requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to speak in favor of the cybersecurity information sharing act of 2015. i want to first recognize the hard work of chairman burr and vice chairman feinstein for their leadership on this very important legislation. as a member of the senate intelligence committee i'm well aware of the need to strengthen our computer networks against our adversaries whether they be nation states like china, russia and iran, or terrorist groups or international criminal gangs or hacktivists. mr. president, along with former senator joe lieberman i offered the terrorism prevention act of 2004. this bill implemented many o

collins: with older employees, do you find there is less turnover? ms. nordman: less turnover, less texting, less boyfriend drama. [laughter] sen. collins: all advantages of hiring of an older worker, no doubt about it. did you have less turnover and spending less on retraining? ms. nordman: i am spending less on retraining -- when you bring a person into a tiny group, it -- into a tightknit group, it takes a lot of wiggling for that person to settle in and become part of the group. the better i can retain a worker, the better it is for the company come which is why it takes me so long to hire. process for me is at least three weeks because i want the right person. sen. collins: thank you. dr. rix, skill development programs, and if you and ms. hannon have mentioned the importance of skill development, but several skill development programs are aimed at young workers. we have excellent apprenticeship programs, for example, that are aimed at people who are just coming out of community colleges for technical schools. -- or technical schools. we have other p

ms. paula collins vice chair chairman of the presidio board of directors (clapping) and other members ofe to ask them to stand after i recite their them curtis lieutenant commander and frank united states merchant marin who retired (clapping) and we have a wonderful accountant who i would like to say have stand steve lynn (clapping.) i also want to record the fact that president here 3 representatives of 3 of the members of the u.n. e united nations which participated in the korean war the council general the leggings burger and - (clapping.) deputy council general of id dr. k jay (clapping) and from the consul general of the republic of the philippines reginald bernard (clapping.) it is said and admiral brown is here admiral can you stand please (clapping) it is said that nothing is a short as the public's memory those here born before 1935 or before 1940 the memory of june 25, 1950, remains especially for those persons who after that dark day were in or transported to the republic of korea as a soldier a nurse, navy, castro street or merchant marin sailor or markup and many of the vete

collins: with older employees, do you find there is less turnover? ms. nordman: less turnover, less xting, less boyfriend drama. [laughter] sen. collins: all advantages of hiring of an older worker, no doubt about it. did you have less turnover and spending less on retraining? ms. nordman: i am spending less on retraining -- when you bring a person into a tiny group, it takes a lot of wiggling for that person to settle in and become part of the group did the better i can retain a worker, the better it is for the company come which is why it takes me so long to hire. process for me is at least three weeks because i want the right person. sen. collins: thank you. skill development programs, and if you and ms. hannon have mentioned the importance of skill development, but several skill development programs are aimed at young workers. we have excellent apprenticeship programs, for example, that are aimed at people who are just coming out of community colleges for technical schools. we have other programs that tend to be aimed at people who are younger. and ye

ms. paula collins vice chair chairman of the presidio board of directors (clapping) and other members ofe to ask them to stand after i recite their them curtis lieutenant commander and frank united states merchant marin who retired (clapping) and we have a wonderful accountant who i would like to say have stand steve lynn (clapping.) i also want to record the fact that president here 3 representatives of 3 of the members of the u.n. e united nations which participated in the korean war the council general the leggings burger and - (clapping.) deputy council general of id dr. k jay (clapping) and from the consul general of the republic of the philippines reginald bernard (clapping.) it is said and admiral brown is here admiral can you stand please (clapping) it is said that nothing is a short as the public's memory those here born before 1935 or before 1940 the memory of june 25, 1950, remains especially for those persons who after that dark day were in or transported to the republic of korea as a soldier a nurse, navy, castro street or merchant marin sailor or markup and many of the vete

ms. paula collins vice chair chairman of the presidio board of directors (clapping) and other members ofe to ask them to stand after i recite their them curtis lieutenant commander and frank united states merchant marin who retired (clapping) and we have a wonderful accountant who i would like to say have stand steve lynn (clapping.) i also want to record the fact that president here 3 representatives of 3 of the members of the u.n. e united nations which participated in the korean war the council general the leggings burger and - (clapping.) deputy council general of id dr. k jay (clapping) and from the consul general of the republic of the philippines reginald bernard (clapping.) it is said and admiral brown is here admiral can you stand please (clapping) it is said that nothing is a short as the public's memory those here born before 1935 or before 1940 the memory of june 25, 1950, remains especially for those persons who after that dark day were in or transported to the republic of korea as a soldier a nurse, navy, castro street or merchant marin sailor or markup and many of the vete

ms. paula collins vice chair chairman of the presidio board of directors (clapping) and other members ofto ask them to stand after i recite their them curtis lieutenant commander and frank united states merchant marin who retired (clapping) and we have a wonderful accountant who i would like to say have stand steve lynn (clapping.) i also want to record the fact that president here 3 representatives of 3 of the members of the u.n. e united nations which participated in the korean war the council general the leggings burger and - (clapping.) deputy council general of id dr. k jay (clapping) and from the consul general of the republic of the philippines reginald bernard (clapping.) it is said and admiral brown is here admiral can you stand please (clapping) it is said that nothing is a short as the public's memory those here born before 1935 or before 1940 the memory of june 25, 1950 remains especially for those persons who after that dark day were in or transported to the republic of korea as a soldier a nurse navy, castro street or merchant marin sailor or markup and many of the veterans

ms. blase spent chairman collins, ranking member mccaskill, and members of the committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak for thousands of american citizens who constantly receive unwanted telephone solicitations. as a small business owner working out of my home, my phone number has also found its way to telemarketers who target business. i know there are more critical issues to address in today's world, but there are few that affect as many of us on a daily basis as a barrage of robocalls constantly interrupt our lives. in addition to scammers posing as the irs and the fbi trying to steal my savings, i've been bombarded by unwanted and irrelevant sales calls. i telemarketers tell me that my credit card processor is not in compliance with government regulations and their company needs to come out great immediately, as if i ever had a credit card processor. one tried to sell me an atm. maybe i could put it in my living room. several had important information about my credit card account, adding that there's no problem right now, but this is my last chance for them to lower my i

collins: thank you very much. ms. flounlacker: good morning. thank you for inviting me to testify today. i am the associate vice president for federal relations at the association of american universities. i am also the project manager for the sexual assault climate survey. i've also been a college student and am now a mother. i care deeply professionally and personally about this issue and am proud to be a part of this effort to confront it. in my remarks, i will outline 6 points for you on this very important subject. number one, presidents and chancellors of universities have long identified sexual assault on their campuses as an extremely important issue that they need to face head-on. it is the issue that is keeping them awake at night. i have spent more time talking with our members about this issue than any other issue over the last 18 months. the university presidents make it very clear one sexual assault on their college campus is too many. one of the most important goals of our universities is to make their campuses safe for students

collins: thank you very much. ms. flounlacker: good morning. thank you for inviting me to testify today. i am the associate vice president for federal relations at the association of american university. i am also the project manager for the sexual assault climate survey. i've also been a college student and am now and mother. i care deeply professionally and personally about this issue and am proud to be a part of this effort to confront it. in my remarks, i will outline 6.4 you on this very important subject. number one, presidents and chancellors of universities have long identified sexual assault on their campuses as an extremely important issue that they need to face head-on. it is the issue that is keeping them awake at night. i have spent more time talking with our members about this issue than any other issue over the last 18 months. the diversity presidents make it very clear one sexual assault on their college campus is too many. one of the most important goals of our universities is to make their campuses safe for students to learn a

ms. stinly. >> good afternoon, chairman collins, ranking member mccaskill, and members of the committee.ehalf of the 15.7 million caregivers for individuals living with alzheimer's disease and other dim men has ementias, for the opportunity to testify before you today. alzheimer's is a devastating, progressive and ultimately fatal disease. more than 5 million americans are currently living with alzheimer's disease or another dementia. the men and women living with alzheimer's are your friends, your neighbors, some may even be your family members. they are business leaders, school teachers, store clerk and construction workers. they are both republican and democrat. and my beloved mothers dorothy stem stemley is one of them. i am honored here today to share our story and discuss issues facing people about alzheimer's and their caregivers. i find the more vocal i am about how this disease has impacted my family, the more i hear from other people who have again through or are going through similar situations. today, my mother is living in a skilled nursing facility in missouri and i'm confi