Janice Schakowsky

Over and over again I am confronted with new evidence that Big Tech has failed in regulating itself.

Congress has unfortunately taken a laissez faire approach to regulating unfair and deceptive practices online over the past decade and platforms have let them flourish.

It is incumbent on us in this subcommittee to make clear that the protections that apply to in-person commerce also apply to virtual space.

A top-line concern for this subcommittee must be to protect consumers, regardless of whether they are online or not.

Congress has, unfortunately, taken a laissez faire approach to regulation of unfair and deceptive practices online over the past decade.

Deepfakes, manipulation of video, dark patterns, bots, and other technologies are hurting us in direct and indirect ways.

The Federal Trade Commission works to protect Americans from many unfair and deceptive practices.

Bad actors are stocking the online marketplace, using deceptive techniques to influence consumers.

The internet provides new opportunities for commerce, education, information, and connecting people.

Given what is going on in the world, it is really impressive to see the turnout that is here today.

My adult son, Ian Schakowsky, I will always credit for my decision last June to support the impeachment inquiry. It had never been my goal to impeach a President, but Ian made such a compelling case. He reminded me of the oath I have taken…

I am prepared to close, but I do want to say that this is an example of bipartisan legislation that I am so proud of that has come out of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and I am really grateful to my ranking Republican…

Offshoring of generic drugs has made the United States exposed to potentially unsafe and ineffective medicines and deprives us of a domestic supply of critical medicines in case of a national emergency.

Today really does mark a landmark day to discuss ways that the United States of America can join the rest of the industrialized world in saying that healthcare is a right and not a privilege for all of our people.

Thousands of experts are warning that climate change could mark actually kind of a dead end for humanity.

We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency.

Innovation is the key to addressing climate change, but they stop short of calling for policies to actually spur innovation.

Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat, and to tell it like it is.

We are in the midst of an existential crisis right now.

I have introduced this bill since 2010, so we have tried to get this conversation going.

I want to say how grateful I am to Beautycounter for endorsing my Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act, H.R. 4296.

I think you are a great example that you can do well and do good at the same time, and protect consumers.

Are you aware--I was trying to get at, and I didn't do it very well--that in 2018 there was a study by the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and found that the most toxic product it tested was a shampoo called Just for Me that is marketed…

I think there is an assumption by consumers on all kinds of products, including cosmetics, that someone somewhere, that the government is protecting them, and so far from true.

We need to work with you to come up with legislation that actually does fulfill the expectations of consumers.