Frank Pallone

We can and must demand better for our loved ones and that is why we must focus our resources to weed out these bad actors.

Nursing home residents are among our most vulnerable populations who are often unable to care for themselves and require personal attention.

It is important that CMS effectively enforce existing requirements for nursing homes to protect and promote patient safety.

Mr. Chairman, I seek unanimous consent to submit a statement for the record on behalf of our colleague, Representative Anna Eshoo of California.

Will you commit, based on the findings of all such audits to change Twitter's policies, programs and processes to address these areas of concern? Yes or no.

Will you commit to making the results of all such audits available to the public, including all recommendations and findings?

Will you commit to working with an independent third-party institution to conduct a civil rights audit of Twitter? Yes or no.

I think everyone should be treated the same and you seem to be saying that.

I think it's the height of hypocrisy that President Trump and congressional Republicans criticize Twitter for supposed liberal bias when President Trump uses the platform every day for his juvenile tweets and spreading lies and…

It's long past time for Twitter and other social media companies to stop allowing their platforms to be tools of discord of spreading false information and of foreign government manipulation.

I fear the Republicans are using this hearing for those purposes instead of addressing the serious issues raised by social media platforms that affect American's everyday lives.

Over the past few weeks, President Trump and many Republicans have peddled conspiracy theories about Twitter and other social media platforms to whip up their base and fundraise.

Mr. Dorsey, it is now up to you to assure the American people how Twitter continues to live up to its mission.

It takes years to build trust, but it only takes 280 characters to lose it.

It is critical that you are living up to your own promises and the expectations you set out for consumers.

We're meeting today to discuss one of the great bipartisan success stories of this Committee, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, or MACRA.

I would just hope that we are not looking at this from an ideological point of view, which the President is trying to achieve.

The only thing that I find disgraceful is that the President is still trying to undermine the integrity of dedicated journalists.

The FCC should be looking for ways to help these struggling participants in our economy and community and not just cut them off.

Since the FCC is shirking its responsibility, Congress should be conducting more oversight in the future.

As the agency charged with promoting public safety, the FCC should work with and encourage companies to develop best practices, address vulnerabilities, and prepare for cybersecurity attacks.

If the agency was serious about focusing on consumers, it would want to help parents searching for quality educational programming and shield children, not make them easier targets for big business.

Unfortunately, the Republican majority of this committee has been unwilling to follow through on its promise to hold quarterly oversight hearings with the FCC.

The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency created by and accountable to Congress.

We sit here and listen to the same old falsehoods that we ripped away privacy and net neutrality protections.