Consumer Protection
During today's hearing with Facebook, Google, and Twitter CEOs, I asked about their platforms' involvement with the organization of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded the advancement of H.R. 1754, the Horseracing Integrity Act, after a vote today by the full committee to send the legislation to the U.S. House floor. The legislation was introduced by Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20).
I spoke on the House floor during debate on the FAIR Act, which prohibits forced arbitration that prevents justice in consumer, employment, antitrust, and civil rights disputes. This critically important measure would restore access to justice for millions of Americans who are currently stripped of their rights to seek justice and accountability and are forced to attempt to bring their cases against corporations in a private system of arbitration that systematically favors the company over the individual.
When President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act last November, he unleashed unprecedented actions to revitalize the crumbing physical foundation of the United States from top to bottom.
Last year, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the United States' overall infrastructure a rating of C-minus, saying "This is not a report card anyone could be proud of." The $1.2 trillion investment will modernize our infrastructure across the board: sea, land, air.
The House just passed the H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act.
In February, a 22-month old from Apple Valley, Minnesota was killed by a falling Malm dresser; his family was unaware of the danger the Malm dresser posed, including two previous deaths from Malm dresser tip-overs
Today, after urging from the lawmakers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and IKEA announced a recall of Malm dressers, stopping the sale of Malm dressers until safety improvements are made, and offering a refund for consumers who have purchased Malm dressers
WASHINGTON – Today, Consumer Protection & Commerce Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), & Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-At Large), alongside Representatives Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Bobby L.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed three bills from the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, which I chair. This bill, H.R. 2610, specifically addresses fraud targeted at senior citizens and Native American tribes, including pandemic-related schemes.