I think there's a very simple reason for that: They've bought their competitors.

I did not at all suggest that TikTok provided robust competition for Facebook.

In retrospect, when you look back at the effects of these big cases, they loosened up the tech markets; they helped to contribute to an enormous boom in the tech and telecom markets that lasted and has lasted more than 30 years.

In 2004, Google's cofounder Larry Page said the purpose of Google is to have people come to Google, quickly find out what you want and to get you out of Google and get you to the right place as fast as possible.

The final thing I want to just ask this committee's investigation is extremely important for the economy, for consumers, for those you represent.

I am wondering whether your experiences in the Federal system, whether you had a similar experience that was sort of well planned before you were released so you would be successful.

Is the Gazelle Project still in place, Mr. Sutton?

There's never been more choice and more opportunity.

I want to focus on how the state of competition online is affecting real people in the communities we represent.

I assure you that the committee is not bound by the characterizations of the witnesses about the nature of the markets or the lack of competition.

But the difference is Amazon is a $1 trillion company that runs an online platform with real-time data on millions of purchases and billions in commerce and can manipulate algorithms on its platform and favor its own product.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in strong support of the Lieu amendment. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this amendment, which will prevent the sale of weapons to the Gulf without undergoing the proper congressional…

Clearly, the Constitution allows this body and this Committee to consider whether or not obstruction's happened.

the perils of Congress being unable to do its constitutionally required work if an executive branch decides to prevent witnesses from coming forward

I think if Alexander Hamilton, great Founder who my friend mentioned, were alive, they would be appalled, frankly, at the conduct of this Committee.

I thank the gentleman for his thoughts. I would only say that the best way to assist Cyprus in weaning itself from the reliance of Russian weaponry is to lift the arms embargo, and this is something that both Cyprus and the United States…

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The U.S. Congress supports building alliances. We support diplomacy. We support human rights and representative government.

It is also beneficial for this committee to reaffirm our commitment to these principles, but I wish it weren't so necessary at this moment when it seems like the current administration has ventured quite far from our founding principles.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding back.

There wasn't a problem of young people gaming the system.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Cline, for his leadership on this issue.