“D.C. residents deserve to have equal representation in Congress, but making D.C. a state is not the way to achieve this in fact, doing so would be a blatant violation of the Constitution,” said Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks president, in a statement. “This is a fact that the left is all too eager to brush to the side. That’s why the best, most realistic path to guaranteeing representation for the residents of D.C. includes returning the majority of the District of Columbia back to Maryland.”
Mr. Brandon said FreedomWorks supports the District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act, which Rep. Dusty Johnson, South Dakota Republican, introduced earlier this year. Mr. Johnson previously introduced the bill last year, but it went nowhere.
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Vermont Rep. Peter Welch proposes new regulatory agency to oversee Big Tech by Christopher Hutton Print this article
In a move that comes outside the box, Rep. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, recommended that Congress consider investing in a government agency for regulating social media companies. On March 25, the House Energy and Commerce Committee hosted a hearing on social media, extremism, and misinformation. The hearing featured Facebook s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter s Jack Dorsey, and Google s Sundar Pichai as key witnesses.
Welch suggested that Congress form a new government agency that would provide oversight for social media companies. Welch described the theoretical agency as an entity that has rule-making and enforcement authority to be an ongoing representation of the public to address these emerging issues [of privacy, content standards, and misinformation]. The agency would resemble the Federal Trade Commission and employ technology experts