Frank Pallone

Mr. Pruitt has also launched an unprecedented assault on independent science, purging academic scientists with no conflicts from Science Advisory Board and replacing them with industry employees.

I would hope that this frustration is not only felt by committee Democrats and I would hope to see a change from both the EPA and the overall Trump administration.

The lack of transparency and cooperation from this Administration is completely unprecedented.

EPA has also refused to testify at legislative and oversight hearings.

I forgot to thank some of the staff who worked so hard on this on my side of the aisle: Jaqueline Cohen, who is sitting here; Rick Kessler; Tuley Wright; Mary Martin; and I know there were others. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.

I have no additional speakers, so I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to close by talking about how important this program has been to our Nation and, in particular, to my home State, since it was created…

This simply should not be happening in this day and age.

The internet undeniably has made the problem of sex trafficking worse.

According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, human trafficking cases increased by more than a third between 2015 and 2016.

While most of us spent this past holiday weekend with family and friends, victims of human trafficking and their families were forced to live a waking nightmare.

Tennessee received an 'A' on its report card in the Protected Innocence Challenge.

I look forward to hearing her testimony about her efforts to find an effective approach to attack this problem we are all facing.

I believe that unless we act and pass meaningful legislation we will continue to see more data breaches and the unfortunate ripple effects that result from them.

It's also unacceptable to the American people because when companies fail to protect consumer data consumers pay the price, sometimes years after a breach.

So much of our lives today is linked to what we do online and companies in virtually every sector of the economy collect vast amounts of personal data about consumers.

This hearing is a great thing for many reasons. Most notably, it's a reminder of how Republicans and Democrats came together to get a monumental piece of legislation signed into law despite our divided times.

Cures provides the NIH and the FDA with billions of dollars in much-needed resources so that our nation's best and brightest can work on finding cures for diseases that impact every single family.

The net neutrality rules that he plans to destroy are the protections that ensure that we the people can decide for ourselves what we do and say online.

Unfortunately, forces are at work here in Washington that make this problem worse.

The aim of internet platforms is monetizing web traffic, not public policy.

I think it is striking to hear what Dr. Tucker and others are finding, that statements about the magnitude of the problems are not matched by the behavior and economic reality.

I think we should recognize that our desire for transparency, while well-intentioned and makes sense--very alluring, consistent with all American ideologies--all these transparency laws and mandated disclosure laws pass without opposition…

We need to figure out how to wrest power over information from corporations and return it back to the people.

Jeopardizing the national dialogue should concern all of us.

Chairman Pai's plan will fundamentally change the free and open internet as we know it.