Frank Pallone

This would create a national data privacy standard and stop unrestrained collection of personal information on consumers by both Big Tech and data brokers.

Breaching the digital divide has been a top priority of this committee for years, and in 2021 Democrats delivered on that promise with passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Well, thank you so much. This panel is fantastic, and this hearing is so important.

We should hold a hearing on the detrimental impacts these decisions could have on the drug approval process.

I just wanted to say, Chairman Griffith, that, you know, I just was--found it so interesting...

This is an important hearing, as the committee continues its bipartisan work to protect people's privacy online.

The overwhelming majority of these funds have yet to be distributed, and therefore the hard work ensuring these funds and projects reach the people who need them mostly remains ahead of us.

Representative Eshoo's Community Broadband Act is critical to ensuring flexibility and competition for communities.

Every Democratic member of the committee sent you and Chair Rodgers a letter last week requesting that you immediately hold a hearing on the impact of this case.

some of the Republican proposals before us today are supposed solutions to problems that simply do not exist.

Today the committee continues its critical work of strengthening our healthcare systems by building a stronger healthcare workforce and improving access to primary care.

I am also pleased that we will be considering legislation introduced by Representative Blunt Rochester to address shortages and bolster the nursing workforce.

This law made historic investments in broadband that will help connect millions of Americans to high-speed, affordable, and reliable broadband regardless of income or ZIP Code.

If well-informed individuals wanted to remove their own information from data brokers, as a practical matter it is nearly impossible.

I remain very concerned by the recent efforts of extremist Federal judges putting their beliefs between doctors and their patients, particularly with regard to the abortion pill mifepristone.

We must examine the very real impacts that these dangerous court decisions could have on the American people.

Our agencies need to be the ones making the important decisions based on data and science, not partisan judges, and doctors must be able to prescribe safe, approved drugs to their patients without the interference of lawyers.

I am concerned by false claims that the FTC's Twitter compliance investigation is partisan.

I appreciate the breadth and importance of the FTC's consumer protection work.

Managing this portfolio with less than 1,400 employees is no small feat.

Scientists are against this radical judicial intervention. The pharmaceutical industry is against it. Doctors are against it. And patients are against it.

This rule requires her to choose between appearing in person or not appearing at all.

Last Congress, our subcommittee made historic progress on a comprehensive data privacy bill, and that legislation focused on data minimization rather than notice and consent.

your fraud investigations can, quote, 'return stolen money to the American people.'

The problem is that the GOP doesn't like the FTC enforcement role. They would simply gut the FTC at the expense of consumers.