Gus Bilirakis

Do you have concerns with what has appeared on your platform hosted by YouTube?

What would be beneficial to our children to launch this kind of service?

Our children's lives are in jeopardy here.

You have an obligation to be stewards of your platform.

We need true transparency and real change. We need, again, not empty promises from you, and we have heard that over and over again.

What I do want to hear is what you will do to bring our country back from the fringes and stop the poisonous practices that drive depression, isolation, and suicide.

The LIFT Act ignores all of that work, in my opinion.

And folks, these are American citizens, and we want to help them, obviously.

So you said throughout the States, as well.

There are a ton of costs associated with keeping the schools closed.

I believe this hearing can serve as an important alarm bell for safely reopening our schools.

Still we are all alarmed by recent contradictory statements to the science behind these commitments.

The alternative is catastrophic, unfortunately.

While technology can be amazing in keeping us all connected, when it comes to substitution for interpersonal communications, we are all at a loss.

We have seen throughout this pandemic that telehealth services have provided a critical lifeline for millions of Americans, especially seniors.

In order to help protect Americans and stop this trend, I introduced my bill, the Safeguarding Therapeutics Act, working with our former colleague, Eliot Engel.

Ranking Member Bilirakis has a great ring to it.

I urge Big Tech platforms to do better--you should help your users remain vigilant against scams and fraud.

Unfortunately, scammers are continuing to find new ways to exploit vulnerable Americans during COVID-19.

I would like to congratulate Chair Schakowsky for another term leading this great subcommittee where we promote innovation, champion emerging technologies, and protect consumers.

I commend the FTC for their tireless work fighting on behalf of consumers.

If consumers know what to look for, they will be better equipped to avoid these scams.

There must be greater collaboration and cooperation with State and local law enforcement.

We made great progress on this subcommittee last year.

We must continue to protect consumers from falling victim to scams.