Janice Schakowsky

Thank you. At our 2016 hearing on mixed martial arts, we heard from the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combat Sports, the National Organization of State Regulators, that the association has generally, 'taken a position against youth…

Fighters should know the risks when they enter the ring.

I think that the benefits of sports participation need to be weighed against those risks, but it is a pretty young age, and it certainly raises some increased concerns.

I especially worry about young fighters who can experience traumatic brain injury while their brains are still developing.

I am proud to join him as a cosponsor of H.R. 44, the Muhammad Ali Expansion Act.

So, if that is the goal of the sport--that is, you make more money if you knock someone out--and there is general agreement that that is dangerous, translating that to youth sports, isn't that a problem?

Negotiating power for fighters is interlinked with safety.

The scale of the criminal act at Equifax was unprecedented.

I think all of our Government officials should be concerned about that.

I don't want those cards.

I mean, we should let the investigation play itself out so that we know.

I am sort of galled by the idea that I have to pay for the credit report.

I want to make perfectly clear that I am not objecting to anything that Mr. Norton might say, but this committee has rules of order, and they need to be followed.

Breathtaking, I think.

So there is personal and international consequences for consumers and for business.

I don't buy the narrative that the Equifax breach happened because of a single careless employee.

We need to change that power balance by strengthening consumer protections around credit data.

I tend to feel that that is true.

That evasiveness does not inspire confidence.

These moves are just another example of how this FCC values large companies over small ones and always puts companies before consumers.

It's time to restore that bipartisan tradition.

Net neutrality protects consumers, protects small businesses, and protects free speech.

So that's the consequence?

Thank you very much.

Today, my Democratic colleagues and I are sending a letter to the majority requesting additional hearings to get answers that Americans deserve.