Janice Schakowsky

Innovation and revolutionary transportation technologies do not have to come at the expense of our workers or the domestic manufacturing.

Chicago residents that are most impacted by lead service lines are often in communities of color.

Most of our cities and municipalities cannot afford to take out loans.

100 percent of the lead pipes are going to be replaced.

The issue of lead and water is a huge one in Chicago.

I am very worried about this and Big Pharma's proclivity to profit on what is happening right now.

I am very worried. You know, we have right now vaccines and therapeutics that are affordable because we are doing that during what we call the COVID crisis, but after that, for the long COVID, are people going to be able to afford it?

I really appreciated that when Dr. Fauci got his vaccine, he called it the NIH vaccine, underscoring what we do together as a country to support your wonderful work.

The author of the legislation that, in most people's view, it seems, would address the problem of getting money back in people's pockets.

Today, this subcommittee acts urgently to ensure the Federal Trade Commission can put money back in the pockets of consumers who have been the victims of fraud or scams.

The Supreme Court has essentially invited us to fix this, so we are here today to right this wrong.

Really only criminals and scammers benefit from this decision, while consumers are the losers.

Today the subcommittee acts urgently to ensure that the Federal Trade Commission can put money back into the pockets of consumers who have been victims of fraud or scams.

Putting consumers first is something we should all be able to agree on.

I believe that the FTC should have greater authority to go after scammers.

The Supreme Court's decision put a neon welcome sign out for fraudsters to target consumers.

I just wanted to say how important it is, and this hearing in general, and bringing it home, bringing it home to our families.

Every American family really does deserve to know whether the water that they use to cook and bathe and drink is safe.

I introduced the SHARED Act... to require testing of water sources near hydraulic fracturing operations.

The day of software regulation is really entered, and that now it is time for us to regulate and that we intend to, that we’re going to regulate, we’re going to legislate, and they are going to be held accountable for what’s on -- what’s…

Facebook was very much involved, and Zuckerberg admitted to it, or Facebook did a couple of years ago, for the genocide that took place in Myanmar, of the Rohingya people.

When they are making money, and they are hand over fist making plenty of money, that they have to be accountable for the messaging that they are putting out there.

Many companies have used Section 230 as a shield to escape consumer protection laws.

Will you admit today that Facebook groups, in particular, played a role in fomenting the extremism that we saw and that led to the Capitol siege?

The witnesses here today have demonstrated time and time again that they do not--that self-regulation has not worked.