I thank the gentlelady for yielding back.

my opinion based on what I said about vertical restraints, is that vertical restraints should be regulated much more stringently than horizontal restraints, because they often embody top down control by a more powerful firm, which is…

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Any Brexit deal must preserve the Good Friday Agreement.

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.

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

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

Antitrust laws do not exist to punish success, but to foster it.

Without a vigilant and active government promoting competition, markets cannot thrive.

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

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.

It's kind of curious, so I think this is a really important area for us to look at.

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.

the settlement gives Facebook a lot to celebrate which was similar to what I said.

However well-intentioned, the GDPR is already producing substantial collateral damage to consumer welfare, innovation, and the health of the digital economy.

If we want these kind of new companies to emerge, we have to... make sure that we don't kill it in the cradle by regulation that stops the innovator at the gate.

Good regulation should cost little to implement. It should be easy to understand.