David Cicilline

Not all monopsony can be addressed by antitrust.

It seemed like that enforcement action, this notion of its necessity for business purposes has been completely refuted by subsequent events.

For those of us who consider these no-poach agreements to be a substantial violation of law but also a very powerful force in keeping workers in place and stagnating their wages, the promise to be rigorous in their enforcement and not in 3…

I can't--I'm trying to understand why the Department of Justice would engage in this kind of anti-worker advocacy.

I think it is fair to say that California has been a hub of innovation.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding back.

Thank you very much.

Today's hearing is an opportunity to examine the state of competition in labor markets, as well as ways to promote the economic opportunity of hardworking Americans through the robust enforcement of our antitrust laws.

That doesn't sound like a per se Rule then, to me.

It was an invitation to do it and that undermined national security interests of this country.

I have to say that last week the President of the United States gave a thumbs up to an act of ethnic cleansing.

It was a dumb idea for the President to do it.

I hope that you hear from this committee a bipartisan sense of disgust at the policy of the President--that it has harmed our standing in the world and has betrayed an important ally to the United States.

Putin has long played a very prominent role in Syria and he thinks--he sees this as playing an even more prominent role.

We will not endorse it, we will not support your actions, and our troops will get out of the way

We had three goals in Syria: first, enduring defeat of ISIS; second, political solution in Syria; and third, the removal of Iranian forces.

Last week the President of the United States gave a thumbs up to an act of ethnic cleansing.

Thank you so much. I yield back, Mr. Chairman.

Our entire committee is in your debt for those updates, Mr. Chairman.

I was pleased to learn last week that the U.K. and the EU had reached an agreement, which is supported by the government of Ireland, that would preserve free movement of goods and people between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Any Brexit deal must preserve the Good Friday Agreement.

I appreciate especially the efforts of my good friend, the chair of our subcommittee, on the issue of Brexit's impact on the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

I just reject this argument that if we want to compete with China, we need to have our companies look like them.

I think many of you have made this point. Competition and privacy can be complements such that more competition can incentivize firms to provide users with more privacy.

In July, as part of this investigation, Google testified before this subcommittee that it faces, and I quote, 'formidable competition around the world,' end quote.