We tried. What came out of committee was depressing. I testified in the House Judiciary Committee on the limited exception for intentional sex trafficking. You reallyd cant comprehend it. The lawyers will be riskaverse. Opposed tonitely not section 230 changes. I think they need to be really careful and deliberate and not some legislative compromise that gets attached to an appropriations bill right before the december recess. That is not what we want. It is jims proof of concept. I am a pollyanna. I am always happy to help. I will not give up on the enterprise. That is what you were talking about. I will ask one more question. I will ask questions. Whether you are a pollyanna or pessimist, be prepared. We will bring me mics around. Eliminated, what does that world look like . Do we still have these platforms . Does it destroy their Business Models . Is it something radically different . What does that world look like if it did real harm in the effort of reforming to this provision . I
Reatest number for the long run. Pinchot also wrote that, conservation is the application common n sense to the problems for the common good. Today aker, this bill lacks common sense. Slope of to the north alaska. We can develop clean, safe, energy in the world and and rve our public lands the environment. I would argue its because of our technology and innovation clean fuels like natural gas has allowed the nited states to decrease our global Greenhouse Gas emissions, more than any other country in the world. At this bill today and we look at the history of 1980, a appened, in democraticheld Congress Passed lands ska National Conservation act, and president carter signed it into law. Act set aside more than 1. 5 million acres for responsible anwr. D Gas Development in itself, nearly 20 million acres in total. Such a large commitment, less than a decade after the arab and embargo, made logical sense time. It was 2018 when Congress Approved a limited exploration acres in anwr. 0 than. 0
The 1996 Communications Decency act regarding the content users post on their platforms. The American Enterprise institute hosted the discussion. It is about an hour and a half. Good morning. Event youvec chosen to attend, watch online or view on cspan is should we reform section 230. Off with an interpretive reading of the 1996 commit case and and decency act, provider or user of an Interactive Service shall be treated as a publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. For more than 20 years since the birth of the internet age as we know it, section 230 has provided websites from immunity for what their users post. The Electronic Frontier foundation describes the importance of section 230 this way, this legal and policy framework has allowed for youtube users to upload their own videos, amazon and yelp to offer countless user reviews, craigslist to host classified ads, and facebook and twitter to offer social networking to billions of intern
Shall be treated as a publisher or speaker of any information provided by a another information content provider. After more than 20 years, since the birth of the internet age as we know it, section 230 has provided websites immunity from what they are users post. Legal and policy framework has allowed for youtube users to upload their own videos, amazon and yelp to offer countless user reviews, and facebook and twitter to offer social networking to billions of internet users. Given the sheer size of user generated websites, it would be impossible and unfeasible are intermediaries to prevent this from cropping up on their sites. In short, section 230 is perhaps the most influential law to protect the kind of innovation that is of the internet to thrive since 1996. Yet over the past few years section 230 has faced criticism. Has faced heightened criticism from the left and the right. Many critics on the left argue that social media giants enjoy special protection. They allow speech with
Reauthorized many of the administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of surface Transportation System including fm csa, and its a and h tsa, our witnesses can discuss the implementation. And identify issues the committee should consider as we prepare for transportation reauthorization. That place a greater focus on the nations Freight Network including establishing infragrant program. Others like tiger grants are critical to our nations transportation infrastructure. I hope the witnesses will provide the country with an update on efforts to improve our infrastructure and how grants are being utilized. The Hummus Committee considers reauthorizing fast act i plan to work closely with Ranking Member cantwell and others on both sides of the aisle too, to authorize the build discretionary grants, reauthorize amtrak, continue to enhance freight and Passenger Rail network, innovative Transportation Technologies across modes, coordinated research, develop and and deployments, advance H