The time for self-regulation is over. It is time we legislate to hold you accountable.

Thank you, Chairman Doyle and Schakowsky, for this very important hearing.

The bottom line is, simply put, your company's bottom line compels you to amplify extremist and dangerous content.

Today our laws give these companies and their leaders a blank check to do nothing.

The troubling research I mentioned demonstrates that Facebook was not simply allowing disinformation and extremism to spread, it actively amplified it and spread it.

The dirty truth is that they are relying on algorithms to purposefully promote conspiratorial, divisive, or extremist content so they can take more money in ad dollars.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses, particularly from the president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT.

I agree with our ranking member of the full committee, Mrs. Rodgers, that China is a huge threat.

It is not some carbon tax proposal that would raise prices.

That's why I recently introduced the CLEAN Future Act, comprehensive climate legislation which would achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution no later than 2050.

Today we are examining the causes of the recent widespread power outages in Texas and how to fortify the electrical grid against extreme weather events and climate change.

Our legislation--we introduced it last year, we are reintroducing it this Congress--would commit significant resources to energy innovation.