Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing on "Transparency & Accountability: Examining Google and its Data Collection, Use, and Filtering Practices" with Google's CEO Sundar Pichai:
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Monika Bickert
Head of Global Policy Management, Facebook
Juniper Downs
Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, YouTube
Today, the Republican Majority of the House Judiciary Committee held an official hearing with pro-Trump social media personalities "Diamond and Silk," who gave testimony to the Committee on their belief that social media companies are engaged in a plot to silence conservative voices on the Internet.
Ranking Member Nadler addressed these claims in his opening statement:
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The Honorable Marsha Blackburn
7th District of Tennessee, U.S. House of Representatives
David Chavern
President & Chief Executive Officer, News Media Alliance and American Press Institute
Text of Legislation
U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), along with U.S. Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reconsider and overturn a 25 year-old case determining whether states can require out-of-state businesses like online vendors to collect and remit state sales and use taxes.
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The Honorable Robert McDowell
Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
The Honorable Terrell McSweeney
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
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Chris Calabrese
Vice President for Policy, Center for Democracy and Technology
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Art Acevedo
Chief of Police, City of Houston
Chuck Canterbury
National President, Fraternal Order of Police
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Patrick Beaver
Detective, Member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Loudon County Sherrif's Office
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) welcomed four new Democratic Members to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and announced the new subcommittee structure for the 115th Congress.
Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) are new to the committee. Congressman Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, will serve in a newly created Vice Ranking Member position this Congress.