Richard Blumenthal

Isn't the best way to deal with that just to allow people to get into court and hold these companies accountable?

What finally changed the behavior of Big Tobacco? Lawsuits.

And again, what's at stake here ultimately are the dollars and cents that these companies are able to make by elevating content.

As Senator Hawley said so well, they get a day in court. That's fundamental to our system.

Why should Big Tech be given a pass?

Trust us, we've got this, for so long.

The hypocrisy of things that we were told would break the internet that we now see them agreeing to do in Europe.

We clearly need our reforms.

The largest dominant digital platforms have stopped everything that we have tried to do to update our laws

This case, Henderson, got Section 230 right.

His leadership led to the hearing that we had just a couple weeks ago, showing the harms, really desperate, despicable harms that can result from some of the content on the internet and the need to hold accountable the people who put it…

One of the goals of the legislation is, in fact, greater transparency, and open sourcing certainly is a way of addressing that issue.

I am hoping, to cut right to the chase, that we can move forward on the Kids Online Safety Act, which provides for more transparency and at the same time provides for tools and safeguards for children and parents to make judgments that…

It seems clear to me that an investment in healthcare workers, especially at a time when there are shortages, lack of training, and burnout, that is an investment in the people that they serve.

I think these kinds of investments and incentives have enormous payback. They are truly an investment with tremendous dividends, and I hope that we will continue funding these kinds of services.

I have been proud to support many of his efforts, including the American Rescue Plan Act, which was hopefully transformative in making the kind of significant investments that he has led and others of us have supported.

Well, frankly, if my job is to show that Apple has a monopoly or overwhelming market power on app stores, I'll take that side of the case and I won't even charge for it.

I spent most of my career in enforcement.

These measures are really pro-business. Maybe they're not pro-monopolist or pro-predatory conduct, but they are pro-business.

Shouldn't Americans have as much access to competition, fair play, innovation, as European consumers?

There is an elephant in the room, which is Big Tech's response to this legislation.

If we wait for Big Tech to reform itself, we're going to be old men and women.

It's an unprecedented smear campaign, a disinformation strategy.

Big Tech has an abysmal record on civil rights and safety.

Well, frankly, if my job is to show that Apple has a monopoly or overwhelming market power on app stores, I'll take that side of the case and I won't even charge for it.