On the recordNovember 3, 2021
I look forward to responding to my colleague in the future, but I can tell you that people I know around the country want to see their costs go down, and that is exactly what this bill is about. It is about bringing families' costs down, from childcare to taking care of loved ones; seniors; to bring down the cost of prescription drugs--something that has eluded our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, despite a lot of claims that they would do something about it. So we look forward to debating this bill and getting it done. American Innovation and Choice Online Act Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak on behalf of a very important piece of new legislation that is bipartisan. I introduced this bill, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, in the last month with Senator Grassley, who was here with us today and will be here shortly; as well as my colleagues Senator Durbin, the chair of the Judiciary Committee; Senator Lindsey Graham, the former chair of the Judiciary Committee; Richard Blumenthal, who is here with us today; Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana; Senator Cory Booker; Senator Josh Hawley; Senator Cynthia Lummis; and Senator Mazie Hirono, who is here with us today; as well as Senator Mark Warner. America has a major monopoly power problem, and nowhere is this more obvious than with tech. It is because, in part, it is 20 percent of our economy.…





