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hawley: why, mr. zuckerberg, why should your company not be sued for this? why is it that you hide behind a liability shield and you shouldn't be held accountable personally and shouldn't you be held accountable? will you take personal responsibility? >> senator, i think i have already answered this. will you take responsibility? >> i think my job and the job of this company is to build the best tools we can to keep our communities safe. we are doing an industry where your product is killing people and you personally commit to compensating the victims. you are a billionaire. will you set up a compensation fund fund with your money? -- compensation fund with your money? this isn't a complicated question. will you set up a victims compensation fund with your money, the money made on these families sitting behind you senator, yes or no? >> my job -- sen. hawley: it does sound like a no. your job is to be responsible for your company is done and you have made billions of dollars in the people sitting behind you. you have nothing to help them and you have done no
hawley: why, mr. zuckerberg, why should your company not be sued for this? why is it that you hide behind a liability shield and you shouldn't be held accountable personally and shouldn't you be held accountable? will you take personal responsibility? >> senator, i think i have already answered this. will you take responsibility? >> i think my job and the job of this company is to build the best tools we can to keep our communities safe. we are doing an industry where your product...
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mr. lesser? >> chairman blumenthal, ranking member johnson and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i am the global chair of boston consulting group, or bcg. i joined bcg in 1988. i was chair for north and south america from 2009 through 2012 and ceo from 2013 through 2021. i appear before you today proud to represent bcg. all 33,000 colleagues across 50 countries and more than 100 offices, including 25 in the united states. we strive to take on the hardest problems and create enormous value for our clients while living our purpose and our values every day. our work in the public sector, including with governments and government owned entities is guided by a mission to improve the financial, economic and societal well-being of the countries in which we operate and for their citizens. in all our work, we apply consistent standards that dictate who we will work with and on what topics. bcg opened its first office in the kingdom of saudi arabia when i was ceo in 2015. our office there
mr. lesser? >> chairman blumenthal, ranking member johnson and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i am the global chair of boston consulting group, or bcg. i joined bcg in 1988. i was chair for north and south america from 2009 through 2012 and ceo from 2013 through 2021. i appear before you today proud to represent bcg. all 33,000 colleagues across 50 countries and more than 100 offices, including 25 in the united states. we strive to take on the hardest problems and create...
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we aren't in the age of hawley's kids or others. but the first we want to do, mr. chairman, is the one person who can actually schedule a floor vote on some passed unanimously out of the senate judiciary committee to schedule a vote. we can do that next week. but he's got to make it happen. thank you. >> i can't speak for senator schumer, but i know he is finally interested in reform in this area. and i'm sure that he will make the interest real in the florida senate at the right time. >> thank you, chair blumenthal, and ranking member hawley. as a mom, this is a topic that i could not not show up to engage in. i want to appreciate your leadership, mr. bejar, for writing for and leading on behalf of not just my daughter, but america's children. and i know not just your own. i appreciate very much also your comments to my colleague here. senator welch, specifically when you're talking about taking in all children approach. the all children approach has it necessarily been taken. i love to hear your thoughts on some fact that we could try to -- you know and we know t
we aren't in the age of hawley's kids or others. but the first we want to do, mr. chairman, is the one person who can actually schedule a floor vote on some passed unanimously out of the senate judiciary committee to schedule a vote. we can do that next week. but he's got to make it happen. thank you. >> i can't speak for senator schumer, but i know he is finally interested in reform in this area. and i'm sure that he will make the interest real in the florida senate at the right time....
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-- >> i gotta land this plane, mr. zuckerberg. we just have to agree to disagree. if you believe that instagram -- i know -- i'm not saying it's intentional. but if you agree that instagram -- if you think that instagram is not hurting millions of our young people, particularly young teens, particularly young women, you shouldn't be driving. it is. thanks. >> senator butler. >> thank you, mr. chair. and thank you to our panelists who have come to have an important conversation with us. most importantly, i want to appreciate the families who have shown up to continue to be remarkable champions of your children and your loved ones for being here, and in particular to california families that i was able to just talk to on the break, the families of sammy chatman from los angeles and danielporto from santa clarita. they are here today and doing some incredible work to just not protect the memory and legacy of their boys but the work that they are doing is going to protect my 9-year-old. and that is indeed why we're here. t
-- >> i gotta land this plane, mr. zuckerberg. we just have to agree to disagree. if you believe that instagram -- i know -- i'm not saying it's intentional. but if you agree that instagram -- if you think that instagram is not hurting millions of our young people, particularly young teens, particularly young women, you shouldn't be driving. it is. thanks. >> senator butler. >> thank you, mr. chair. and thank you to our panelists who have come to have an important conversation...
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mr. blumenthal continue to look into the pits. ps i said information, a subpoenaed the u.s. subsidiary, and eventually submitted the four us-based consultants following subcommittee attempts to obtain records voluntarily. unfortunately, due to saudi arabian claims of -- the consultants have been constrained with documents they believe that they can provide. it is my understanding the all four firms here today are facing litigation by the pif. their employees would be in violation of saudi law and could face severe consequences. it is a very serious reality that the subcommittee must consider as it proceeds with the inquiry. i do have some sympathy for the positions they are in but i have no sympathy for the severing claims. any foreign entity wishing to do business in the u.s. must comply with u.s. law and be responsive to congressional subpoenas. that is why i joined chair blumenthal for full compliance with the subpoenas. to be clear, conducting oversight of the pif is not my prate top
mr. blumenthal continue to look into the pits. ps i said information, a subpoenaed the u.s. subsidiary, and eventually submitted the four us-based consultants following subcommittee attempts to obtain records voluntarily. unfortunately, due to saudi arabian claims of -- the consultants have been constrained with documents they believe that they can provide. it is my understanding the all four firms here today are facing litigation by the pif. their employees would be in violation of saudi law...
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thank you, mr. chairman projects and consider holly's only footnote i would add is this time must be different. they have armies of lawyers and lobbyists they spend tons of money but this time must be different. senator durbin perfect thank you chairman blumenthal and senator hawley and let me follow up with senator hawley's comments, i could not agree more i could not agree more and the senate judiciary committee after graphic hearings were parents and victims came forward and told us what had happened to them online we decided to take action. we passed six bills related to this issue. child sexual abuse similar issue. six bills and something happening is miraculous. all six passed unanimously. every democrat every republican take a look at the folks up at this end of the tables across the political spectrum we all agreed on this. what is happened since? nothing six bills waiting for a day on the calendar but six bills waiting for national debates. six bills passed unanimously on a bipartisan basis
thank you, mr. chairman projects and consider holly's only footnote i would add is this time must be different. they have armies of lawyers and lobbyists they spend tons of money but this time must be different. senator durbin perfect thank you chairman blumenthal and senator hawley and let me follow up with senator hawley's comments, i could not agree more i could not agree more and the senate judiciary committee after graphic hearings were parents and victims came forward and told us what had...