Janice Schakowsky

The INFORM Consumers Act, which I introduced along with my friend and colleague Ranking Member Bilirakis, will require online marketplaces, like Amazon, to verify the identity of high-volume sellers that operate on their platforms.

Over a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, shortages of critical products and consumer goods continue to plague domestic manufacturers and American families.

I think essentially, this will be a transformative piece of legislation.

This is the political high ground, as well as really doing right by the American people. This is wildly popular. The kinds of things that the Build Back Better bill are going to do are going to improve the lives of ordinary Americans.

Chairwoman Schakowsky, I would like to thank you for your continued support for college athletes' rights and for introducing broad-based reforms, including the College Athletes Bill of Rights last year.

We will only move forward in a way that puts players first.

I was proud to stand with those courageous athletes fighting for their rights.

One of the greatest honors and privileges of my life has been to serve with John Lewis whom I had the privilege of calling a precious friend. In August, 58 years ago, the young John Lewis led a march to Washington with Martin Luther King…

What happens if this rule goes down is that it empowers the Republicans, who have a very different agenda.

What people were getting up and saying is that we have an opportunity at this moment to transform, for the American people, legislation that will provide them with the things that they`re asking, for child care, for long- term care for…

I think the government and taxpayers, American taxpayers, put a lot of money into the research and development.

I feel like it is because, in some ways, Big Pharma gets to pick winners and losers.

I think this could be a real game changer, the kind of intensity I hear from my colleagues.

I am begging you, I guess, I am, to try to give some hope that there will be some accessibility due to this flexibility in the guidance.

He chose death. Well, you, Dr. Cavazzoni, have brought, through the wonders of science, some hope to people.

Accessibility, especially, I think is one of the most important things.

And that is why I introduced the FTC Autonomy Act.

I am so glad we have moved to an open meeting concept. I think it is an important reform.

Rules also provide clarity to businesses about what is prohibited. That allows and facilitates compliance.

I absolutely agree with my colleagues that APA rulemaking authority would be helpful.

I am also concerned...about the SURE Act that might embolden large companies engaged in abuses.

I think we need to make sure that we are tailoring case-specific resolutions that really ensure violations do not recur.

I agree with the principle that we need to be on top of this important area of the economy.

These include the Online Consumer Protection Act which I have introduced with Representative Castor.

It's time to recommit to restoring a culture at the FTC of putting consumers first.