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On the recordOctober 21, 2020
I would agree that it is a problem that we can't get hearings or votes on serious tech legislation. That is a problem. The Senator makes my point. That is exactly the problem, and that is exactly what one gets from Big Tech's significant investment in the U.S. Capitol. They are getting exactly what they paid for I would also say to my Democratic friends that you can't separate Big Tech's control of information and of the news and love it when they agree with you and condemn it when they don't. I don't want to influence the platforms. I want to break them up. I don't want to influence how they use their power. I don't want them to have the power. I don't want them to agree with me. I don't want to influence or shape their views. I want them to stop trying to manipulate the American people. That should be the goal. The goal is not to compromise their power. The goal is not to say: Hey, how about Big Government and Big Tech get together? We have had too much of that already. The goal should be to put a stop to their power and control, because the American people are supposed to be the sovereigns of this democracy, not Big Tech.…
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Josh Hawley
Republican · Missouri

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