Consumer Protection
I chaired a hearing on Consumer Price Gouging during the Pandemic. We discussed rising corporate profits and executive bonuses during the pandemic, while worker pay was cut and product prices rose for consumers.
I chaired a hearing on Consumer Price Gouging during the Pandemic. We discussed rising corporate profits and executive bonuses during the pandemic, while worker pay was cut and product prices rose for consumers.
WASHINGTON, DC – As tech companies and public health agencies deploy contact tracing apps and digital monitoring tools to fight the spread of COVID-19, U.S. Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Tony Cardenas (D-CA), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mark Warner (D-VA), introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act to set strong and enforceable privacy and data security rights for health information.
EVANSTON - As tech companies and public health agencies deploy new tools to fight the spread of COVID-19 – including contact tracing apps, digital monitoring, home tests, and vaccine appointment booking – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mark Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act to set strong and enforceable privacy and data security rights for health information.
I talked with Jon Decker of Gray TV about the work @SenatorBlumenthal and I are doing to make sure we can protect consumers from dangerous products.
Me uní a varios de mis colegas de la Cámara y el Senado para instar al gobierno federal a proteger a los consumidores de los precios injustos de la energía durante el invierno. Le pidieron al presidente de la Comisión Federal de Regulación de Energía (FERC) que use su autoridad para proteger al público de tarifas excesivas y para garantizar que cualquier aumento en el precio de la energía no se deba a la manipulación de las compañías de petróleo y gas.
As chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, I led a hearing on the issues surrounding online deception practices, including deepfakes and other manipulation of digital content.
(Washington, DC) – Following a series of infant deaths in New York City, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) today sent a letter to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Anne Schuchat calling on the agencies to renew their outreach and education efforts on safe infant sleeping.
Today, during a hearing in the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection (DCCP) subcommittee titled "Algorithms: How Companies’ Decisions About Data and Content Impact Consumers," Rep. Jan Schakowsky delivered remarks in support of net neutrality and the Open Internet Order. A video of her remarks can be found below: