00:00It was 1998, the last time this body took up and passed a bill that became law
00:10that protected children in the virtual space, and a lot has changed since then.
00:17We've seen the emergence of social media.
00:20We've seen 100 million Americans born during that period of time.
00:28So thinking about these platforms and that emergence,
00:34when you think about Facebook and Instagram and Snapchat and TikTok
00:40and online video games, those interactive games that are pulling kids into those,
00:49you think about how social media has changed the lives and the exposure of children today.
01:02They have grown up in this.
01:04Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Bozeman, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Britt.
01:13On this vote, the ayes are 91, the nays are 3, and the motion is agreed to.
01:19Under the previous order, the Senate will resume executive session.
01:22The Senate stands in recess until 2.15 p.m.
01:27Today, the Senate keeps its promise to every parent who's lost a child
01:33because of the risks of social media.
01:36Today, after a lot of hard work, a lot of twists and turns, we'll pass COSA and COPPA.
01:44COSA and COPPA will be the most important updates to federal laws
01:50protecting kids on the Internet in decades, and a very good first step.
01:56For COSA, Blumenthal, and Blackburn fought to give kids and parents the tools
02:01and safeguards and transparency they need to protect our children's health and well-being.
02:08For COPPA, Senator Markey and Cassidy worked to protect the personal information
02:13for children and teenagers and ban targeted advertising aimed at them.
02:19Now we call on the House to pass these common-sense, bipartisan, life-saving bills.
02:28The overwhelming vote we received here on the floor of the Senate
02:32should importune the House to act, and act quickly.
02:36This vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, as was co-sponsorship of the bill.
02:42At the end of the process, three-quarters of the Senate, evenly divided Republican and Democrat,
02:50co-sponsored the Kids Online Safety Act.
02:54Democracy works.
02:57If we have bipartisan support, we need to pass this measure when kids go back to school
03:04and our congressional colleagues come back to Washington.
03:08I know that House leadership is very interested,
03:12and many in the House have expressed strong support for this bill.
03:17I'm hopeful that we'll have the same kind of overwhelming bipartisan support in the House
03:22as we did in the Senate.
03:24But overall, it is a historic, monumental day.
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