David Cicilline

There is really no good reason... why Authorization for the Use of Military Force granted in 1991... is still in effect.

The costs of blank-check force authorizations enacted decades ago are sobering.

I am really grateful that the committee is gathered to chart the way forward on ending decades-old conflicts and reestablishing congressional authorization as the legal basis for the United States using force abroad.

The heated discourse at the highest levels of our government cannot be viewed in isolation from the ensuing violence in our communities.

Last year, when I heard at the highest levels of government those people use racist slurs like 'China Virus' to spread xenophobia and cast blame on innocent communities, it was all too familiar.

I seek unanimous consent to add a number of letters and statements regarding the Committee's work to strengthen the laws to address monopoly power into the record.

The law is working just fine, but don't the outcomes in these cases say just the opposite?

You are aware that 48 State Attorneys General, Republicans and Democrats, agreed that this evidence warranted filing an antitrust complaint, correct?

We are here to discuss reforms that will boost competition precisely because of the evidence and because a century of experience has taught us that competition in the economy is always desirable.

We have got to have laws and a message to the courts that it is important to have robust enforcement...

I think that we all agree, I believe that there is a need to modernize our antitrust laws to create a market that gives everyone a fair shot.

They force us to ration lifesaving medications, like insulin, set the wages for working families, and choose which small businesses live or die.

These monopolies have become too big to govern. They know that if they violate our laws, they probably won't be held accountable.

In our democracy no one should be above the law, not the President, not any of us in Congress, not the world's biggest corporations.

They decide whether their workers will face exposure to COVID-19, and they decide when their workers can use the bathroom.

To them, the penalties for breaking the law are just the costs of doing business.

I strongly believe that effective enforcement is a complement, not an alternative to thoughtful regulation.

When there is a dominant firm, I do believe there should be a presumption that acquiring a would-be rival who could threaten that firm's dominance is a violation of the antitrust laws.

I am very much in the camp where I am concerned about the dangers of inaction, under-enforcement, and addressing that is a priority for me.

The antitrust laws are for the protection of competition, not competitors.

Our antitrust laws protect the democratic ideal of fair participation in a free society.

I would now like to recognize my distinguished colleague, the gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Neguse, to introduce our third Witness.

Mr. Chair, I thank you again for your collegiality and your commitment to bipartisanship. I look forward to working with you on these proposals.

Yet, they continue to Act with complete impunity. Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon have reached monopoly status...

These people experienced trauma, some cowered hiding in places just feet away from where this rabid crowd had assembled.