Children's privacy must be protected by updating COPPA, the current law, for our increasingly complex and connected digital word.
Janice Schakowsky
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Janice D. Schakowsky is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for various progressive issues, including healthcare reform, women's rights, and consumer protection. Schakowsky has played a significant role in shaping policies related to social justice and economic equality throughout her tenure in Congress.
First, I want to thank my friend, Ayanna Pressley, the wonderful congresswoman from Massachusetts. I have had the pleasure of knowing Ayanna Pressley well before she was even 16, and she was ready to vote as soon as that. I want to say…
Over half a million Americans have been killed by a merciless virus. That is about the population of New Haven, Connecticut. Now, also picture wiping out Grand Rapids, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; or McAllen, Texas. Ten million Americans are…
I rise as the proud grandmother of a trans young man, and I just want to say that any family would be lucky to have the amazing and loving and smart and funny Isaac in their family. And I rise today to say thank you to the generations of…
the fact that we would keep these middle- and low-income countries, particularly the poor countries, from having those drugs, I think, is immoral, quite frankly, and not the productive way to go forward.
It has been said today that we are all in this together. And when we say 'all,' it reflects an understanding that this is a worldwide pandemic, and that crushing the virus therefore requires the access to vaccines, and that must extend to…
I think I feel sometimes that we are not beginning at the same place in believing that we what we face right now with the climate is an existential challenge to life on this planet that is going to require some major changes, some…
I am excited about Representative Bilirakis. He was voted in Florida the most effective Member of Congress.
Platforms must demonstrate real efforts toward keeping scammers off their sites.
This is an example of the sort of announcement I had hoped that the new Acting Chairwoman would make.
I would like to see the subcommittee pass what we--what I have called the Informed Consumer Act.
I am so proud. Only 2 weeks into the new Presidency, we are now moving ahead, right now, boldly, to answer the cry of the American people and to ultimately pass and implement the American Rescue Plan. If you don't hear the cry of your…





