October 28, 2025 - Issue: Vol. 171, No. 179 — Daily Edition119th Congress (2025 - 2026) - 1st Session

RECOGNIZING THE INTERNET ARCHIVE'S ONE-TRILLIONTH WEB PAGE; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 179
(Senate - October 28, 2025)

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       RECOGNIZING THE INTERNET ARCHIVE'S ONE-TRILLIONTH WEB PAGE

  Mr. PADILLA. Mr. President, I rise today to celebrate an 
extraordinary milestone in the democratization of public information, 
as the Internet Archive marks their one-trillionth web page archived.
  Founded by digital librarian and MIT alumnus Brewster Kahle, the 
Internet Archive first launched in San Francisco in 1996 with the goal 
of providing ``Universal Access to All Knowledge'' by creating a 
``shared digital library of humanity's online history.'' In 2001, they 
launched the ``Wayback Machine,'' making their archives easily 
accessible to the public.
  Coordinating with governments, nonprofits, institutions, and 
individuals to grow their digital collection, for nearly three decades, 
the Internet Archive has worked to preserve everything from academic 
research to personal blogs, local news stories to international 
breaking news, and troves of official government records--including the 
archival of websites from every Presidential administration since 2008. 
Information from its archives has even been cited by every Circuit 
Court in the United States and the Supreme Court.
  Working to prevent and repair broken web links, the Internet Archive 
has become a modern-day, digital Library of Alexandria and given 
billions of people the tools that once only professional archivists had 
at their disposal.
  On a personal note, earlier this year, it was my honor to help 
designate the Internet Archive as a Federal depository library, 
allowing the Internet Archive to digitize and expand public access to 
Federal Government publications for years to come.
  For their outstanding commitment to the public good and tireless 
preservation of public information, today we celebrate San Francisco's 
own Internet Archive. Here is to the next trillion.

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