Cloture Motion

Floor Speech

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Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, now, I see my friend Senator Blumenthal is on the floor, and I would ask him to engage in a colloquy on a very important issue, a top priority of mine, and a bill that I am a proud cosponsor of--the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA.

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Mr. SCHUMER. I thank my colleague.

Like him, I have personally met with the families that have been harmed. I have seen their terrible stories, and I am committed, completely, to work with them to get KOSA across the finish line. With the hard work of Senator Blumenthal and Senator Blackburn, KOSA has passed through the Commerce Committee unanimously and has gotten up to 70 cosponsors.

Last month, I put together a plan to get KOSA done through unanimous consent for a time agreement on the floor. I personally helped resolve issues and mitigated unintended consequences of the bill. That effort has significantly reduced the opposition, but there are still holdouts.

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Mr. SCHUMER. I thank my colleague once again for his good work. After weeks of work, we have made real progress in removing objections to this bill. Sadly, objectors remain. I hope the progress can continue over the coming days.

If the objectors refuse to come to a resolution, we must pursue a different legislative path to get this done.

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