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Hearing “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 22 transcript matches
LEE, SUMMER L. "Being an independent agency is the core of the NLRB's ability to protect workers. But we know that calling the NLRB unconstitutional is a standard tactic routinely used by Trump's friends at corporations like Amazon, SpaceX, to UnionBus. Ms. Kerry, your former law firm, Morgan Lewis, represented some of these corporations in arguing that the NLRB is"
Hearing “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 18 transcript matches
FITZGERALD, SCOTT "with the rest available only through Sunday Ticket. Compare that with the current college football model, where fans can access dozens of games across various television channels on a Saturday afternoon. Since 2021, the NFL, along with the other sports leagues, have stretched the bounds of its exemption to sign exclusive distribution agreements with streaming platforms, including Amazon Prime, Netflix, Peacock, and ESPN. This includes the Packers, the Green Bay Packers games on Thanksgiving evening and Christmas Day, which will be broadcast exclusively on Netflix outside of the"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, James Macy, of...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 13 transcript matches
HAWLEY, JOSH "Good. Well, I hope that you'll soon have the opportunity to enforce it. I'll do my best on my side of things here, but I think it's vitally important that we make real the guarantees that are already in federal law. Let me just ask you one other question here in my time remaining that's also related to Let me show you another Amazon related picture. This I think will be familiar to everybody in the room. We've got an Amazon truck. We've got an employee here who is wearing an Amazon branded t-shirt and other logos, This I think will be familiar to everybody in the room. We've got an Amazon..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
HAWLEY, JOSH "Good, that's good. We need that data. We need it in order to make informed choices, and I think we've got a lot of hard choices to make with regard to AI. I want to show you a picture now related to Amazon. Here's our friends at Amazon. Here's our friends at Amazon. This is what appears to be an Amazon employee. She's wearing the Amazon logo. She's carrying an Amazon box. She's wearing an Amazon hat. She's driving an Amazon truck. She's totally under Amazon's control, and yet Amazon wants the American people to believe, and more importantly, the government to believe that they don't have any..."
Hearing H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H.R. 8884 – Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act; H. Res....
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA "So I wouldn't brag about that one too much. Now, do you know what Amazon's, Ms. Van Dyne, do you know what Amazon's, how their taxes went up or down after your one big beautiful bill? Okay, well, you would just"
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.4726, to promote efforts to bring about stability and security in Sudan, S.3984, to authorize a 2-year extension of...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Good, that's good. We need that data. We need it in order to make informed choices, and I think we've got a lot of hard choices to make with regard to AI. I want to show you a picture now related to Amazon. Here's our friends at Amazon. Here's our friends at Amazon. This is what appears to be an Amazon employee. She's wearing the Amazon logo. She's carrying an Amazon box. She's wearing an Amazon hat. She's driving an Amazon truck. She's totally under Amazon's control, and yet Amazon wants the..."
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, t...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Good. Well, I hope that you'll soon have the opportunity to enforce it. I'll do my best on my side of things here, but I think it's vitally important that we make real the guarantees that are already in federal law. Let me just ask you one other question here in my time remaining that's also related to Let me show you another Amazon related picture. This I think will be familiar to everybody in the room. We've got an Amazon truck. We've got an employee here who is wearing an Amazon branded..."
Hearing FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
JAYAPAL, PRAMILA "Did you participate in any of those discussions with Anthropic? And is it true that the reason your agency issued the letter was because Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raised concerns to White House officials about the ability to bypass the AI model's guardrails? But were you responding to concerns that Amazon CEO raised to you? Is that where the concern came from? But were you responding to concerns that Amazon CEO raised to you? Is that where the concern came"
Hearing “Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SPEAKER_12 "and focus more of their effort on what's happening on the market-dominant side, and a little less, perhaps, on the competitive side. The Postal Service still has, in general, the least costly service available for the delivery of the packages, but there is an immense effort. I read an article the other day about how both Amazon and Walmart, who have made a concerted effort to build up their space into rural, remote areas, and they've also noticed that it's not just the people who've lived there, but as more and more people telework, they are moving into these rural or remote areas. So, Amazon..."
Testimony SPEAKER_35
“The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"In short, the SPLC mobilized corporate America to crush the voices of mainstream conservative organizations. The Biden years saw the SPLC deepen its presence in America's political and corporate infrastructure. The Biden DOJ and White House met regularly with SPLC officials. Amazon used the SPLC to blackball groups from its Amazon Smile giving program. So did the employee charitable giving platform Benevity, which serves nearly a quarter of the Fortune 1000. ADF saw tangible impacts. We lost..."
Hearing Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
LANKFORD, JAMES "Over the last 10 years and you've only been there months at this point But over the last 10 years delivery has gotten slower as well. So we've got increasing amounts of expenses in decreasing speed of service in the same time period Amazon and Walmart are racing to try to get deliveries to people's homes in two hours And it's now taken five days for a lot of folks in rural America to be able to get a letter moving where I used to take two in"
Hearing “AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_05 "thank you for the opportunity to testify today about how artificial intelligence is helping small businesses like mine compete, grow, and create jobs. My name is Anthony Kayyum, and I'm the owner of Merz Apothecary, a 151-year-old family-owned business in Chicago. We sell natural health, personal care, beauty, and fragrance products through our historic retail store, our website, and online marketplaces like Amazon. Altogether, we employ more than 60 people. When I started, I believed technology could help our unique neighborhood store reach people across the country and around the world. We..."
Hearing "Building an AI-Ready America: Higher Education in the Age of AI"
house Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
OWENS, BURGESS "Thank you. Lastly, I'd like to recognize Mr. Horn for your testimony. Thank you. Under Committee Rule 9, we will now question witnesses on the five-minute rule. I will now ask the witnesses to come forward. Florida State has partnered with companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services Services to expand access to AI tools and training. How do partnerships like these bridge the gap between classroom learning and skills employers, employees, employees are"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
PAUL, RAND "What happens is if I go to the store and want to negotiate over the price, nobody cares. But if I joined a co-op like Costco or Amazon through an association health plan, they could bid for my insurance. Costco has 44 million"
Hearing Hearings to examine the World Radiocommunication Conference 2027, focusing on strategy and challenges ahead of Shanghai.
senate Communication, Media, and Broadband · Mar 17, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MR. MICHAEL CALABRESE "There are also important issues that are not formal agenda items. The most salient are the ITU rules that govern spectrum sharing between traditional geostationary satellites, or GSOs, and the increasingly prevalent LEO constellations launched by SpaceX, Amazon, and others. As the Space Bureau has acknowledged, the ITU's 25-year-old sharing rules are overprotective, needlessly reducing LEO satellite power, capacity, and operational"
Hearing “Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Postmaster General Steiner”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Mar 17, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MFUME, KWEISI "And I'm sure Benjamin, well, we won't call his name here today because I'm sure he's probably spinning in his grave looking at this, but the first Postmaster General could not anticipate FedEx, Amazon, UPS, but you're faced with those as a competing force. Can you take a quick minute and tell us whether or not you have any ability to control those costs or losses, I should"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"So I wouldn't brag about that one too much. Now, do you know what Amazon's, Ms. Van Dyne, do you know what Amazon's, how their taxes went up or down after your one big beautiful bill? Okay, well, you would just"
Hearing “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_35 "In short, the SPLC mobilized corporate America to crush the voices of mainstream conservative organizations. The Biden years saw the SPLC deepen its presence in America's political and corporate infrastructure. The Biden DOJ and White House met regularly with SPLC officials. Amazon used the SPLC to blackball groups from its Amazon Smile giving program. So did the employee charitable giving platform Benevity, which serves nearly a quarter of the Fortune 1000. ADF saw tangible impacts. We lost access to the Amazon Smile program, non-profit pricing from large technology providers like Microsoft,..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hemisphere.
senate Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
KAINE, TIM "There's multiple things happening at the same time. I want to thank Senator Curtis for being a great collaborator on Western Hemisphere issues, including the strengthening of rule of law in the Brazilian Amazon Act and the Securing Partner Supply Chains Act. He's a good colleague in this"
Hearing “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "So a recipient with an EBT card issued from Nebraska can order a case of Red Bull on Walmart, Amazon, DoorDash, or Uber Eats and have it delivered to or picked up by someone in Kentucky. This was permitted during the pandemic, but it's one of the few COVID-era policies that has not been rescinded, and it's"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “The Congressional Research Service and the Future of AI-Enabled Policy Analysis”
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
MORELLE, JOSEPH D. "And again, there, I mean, I do think there is a way to, an example I know which may not be analogous is there's been a huge spike in requests of Congress.gov, and I know OCIO is able to differentiate which of those are coming from machines and which are coming from humans, and overwhelmingly it's coming from machines, because a lot of folks are trying to scrape Congress.gov for the data. Amazon does it. I think we should be able to do it, too. Thank you,"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_10 "Thank you, Senator. I think that this is a good analogy and a good comparison is the United States versus Europe, which prides itself as being a leader in regulation. And if you look at what companies, you know, there's a reason why SpaceX, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon were all created in the United States. And in Europe, you have Louis Vuitton and Thank you, Senator, and thank you. I very much enjoyed our"
Hearing Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
JEREMY HARRELL "And then I think what is a real critical driver and shouldn't be overlooked is we're seeing energy consumers say that they demand this product. They want reliable base load clean energy and nuclear power. And so you're seeing everyone from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, to heavy energy consumers like mining companies, Nucor, and others, Dow in Texas, saying we need this product. We need to build it"
Hearing Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Digital Asset Taxation
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
HERN, KEVIN "I want to thank the witnesses for being here today, and this is a very important topic, as the chairman said. As we work towards solutions here, I think we have to figure out a consensus on the tax rules for the digital asset industry. And some members of this committee might view the digital asset industry and the blockchain as the next technological breakthrough for the financial services industry, and some might view it as a complete Ponzi scheme, and maybe there are opinions somewhere in between. But regardless of opinion about the industry or the asset it produces, it should not preclude..."
Hearing “The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI, and AI Coding Tools Are Reshaping Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Resilience”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
DR. CHRIS MESEROLE "whose mission is to advance frontier AI safety and security. Since our founding, we have worked with our six member firms, Anthropic, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI, to develop the security practices, scientific research, and information-sharing channels we need to responsibly manage the potential large-scale risks to public safety and security from frontier"
Hearing Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Jun 2, 2026 · Transcript
EDWARDS, CHUCK "cracking down on illegal Chinese fishing, stopping cartel-driven deforestation in the Amazon with protected area enforcement. Is this foundation something that you're committed to? And if so, what would need to happen for that to become activated and for the funding to be released? All right. Thank you. We'll follow up as well. I"
Hearing “Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Run by the States”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Apr 15, 2026 · Transcript
MR. ROBERT WESTBROOKS "The cost of controls and the impact on the delivery of public benefits would be too great. Whether you're running a mom-and-pop store, Amazon, or a government program, fraud risk management always involves very difficult trade-off decisions. This is not to suggest in any way that we should tolerate"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Kyle Haustveit, of North...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Transcript
CASSIDY, BILL "Louisiana has a big meta AI center in northeast Louisiana. There's one just announced with Amazon in northwest Louisiana. In both cases, both companies have committed to building the sufficient power generation so as not to raise rates. The president in the State of the Union said again, we should not be raising rates and said that these data centers"
Hearing Opportunities with VHA Reorganization
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "I'm championing that all over the country with the food. If you've never seen this, I encourage you to talk to her. They have Amazon boxes basically where they get food. So in suicide, I mean, because you brought it up, let me write, I get those reports. There's nothing that bothers me more than those reports. That's why we have redone the entire suicide prevention program. That's why we're now looking, we're actually doing outreach to those who are not being cared for in the"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"So it seemed like a federal law is needed, because even though the states are doing this, what may be allowed in Tennessee would not necessarily be allowed in California. And just to be clear, if we arrange that there's an account that, OK, I work for four different – I'm a door dasher, I'm an Uber, and I'm a Lyft, and maybe I'm an Amazon guy, as Holly points out, that they're all paying into an account, mechanically, this"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, t...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"You know, you're coming before the committee, and you apparently have no opinions as to what makes it hard for us to assess the role you're going to play, and that reconfirms my feeling that I'm going to vote against you. Mr. Prouty and Mr. Macy, SpaceX owned by Elon Musk and Amazon owned by Jeff Bezos, two of the wealthiest guys in the world, have filed lawsuits arguing that the NLRB board is unconstitutional. Mr. Prouty, is the NLRB board unconstitutional? so the answer to your question is..."
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, t...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"As you're probably aware, there are major corporations, mega corporations in the United States who are currently trying to block the efforts of their American employees, of whom they have too few, I might add, from engaging in collective bargaining. And there's no worse example of this than Amazon. Let me show you a picture here. These are Amazon workers on Staten Island who were voting to unionize back in 2022. Amazon, of course, fiercely resisted it, did everything they could to try and stop..."
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, t...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"the benefits of other rights that have been won in collective bargaining. My question to you is, I'll let you take a first stab at it, and I'll follow up with some questions for the record. Don't you think it's time that we put an end to this kind of blatant attempt to avoid federal labor law? Amazon has for years operated this program with the sole intent of avoiding having to pay these people who they say are not really their employees, though they micromanage their schedule to the second..."
Testimony HAWLEY, JOSH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, t...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"And just tell us why it's on your desk, because the NLRB has taken action on this. Well, Mr. Chairman, I know my time's expired, so we'll leave it at that. I'll have some follow-up questions for you. Can I just finish by saying I think that this is outrageous, what is over my shoulder here, the idea that this employee, who is every moment of her life practically is directed by Amazon, yet they don't have to pay her, they don't have to honor the commitments under collective bargaining that might..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"No. You've been great. We're looking at small businesses, I'm sorry, you're asking me about Amazon's tax? I don't work for Amazon, I'm sorry. I don't work for Amazon, I'm sorry. And I'm not a tax attorney for Amazon, so I don't have their books in front of"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"Well, it's general knowledge that this big beautiful bill benefited the wealthiest corporations. Amazon's tax bill went down by $9 billion. By $9"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"thank you for the opportunity to testify today about how artificial intelligence is helping small businesses like mine compete, grow, and create jobs. My name is Anthony Kayyum, and I'm the owner of Merz Apothecary, a 151-year-old family-owned business in Chicago. We sell natural health, personal care, beauty, and fragrance products through our historic retail store, our website, and online marketplaces like Amazon. Altogether, we employ more than 60 people. When I started, I believed..."
Testimony KAINE, TIM
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"There's multiple things happening at the same time. I want to thank Senator Curtis for being a great collaborator on Western Hemisphere issues, including the strengthening of rule of law in the Brazilian Amazon Act and the Securing Partner Supply Chains Act. He's a good colleague in this"
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Did you participate in any of those discussions with Anthropic? And is it true that the reason your agency issued the letter was because Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raised concerns to White House officials about the ability to bypass the AI model's guardrails? But were you responding to concerns that Amazon CEO raised to you? Is that where the concern came from? But were you responding to concerns that Amazon CEO raised to you? Is that where the concern came"
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I ask because there's a political article that suggests differently. It says that Amazon, quote, raised concerns to the White House and, quote, was responding to an administration request for feedback. And so I guess what I want to know is, did your bureau make an independent analysis of the security risks? You can just say yes or"
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
FY27 BIS Budget: the AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Well, that is very important because I do think that at the end of the day, these issues are too complex and important to be decided on political favoritism or the advice of a big tech CEO, even though he's my constituent. Amazon is located right in my district. I want to make sure that we have vigorous export controls and a well-established interagency process. And so in the future, can you commit to issuing rules in the Federal Register with clear guidelines that would apply to all AI..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
“Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"So a recipient with an EBT card issued from Nebraska can order a case of Red Bull on Walmart, Amazon, DoorDash, or Uber Eats and have it delivered to or picked up by someone in Kentucky. This was permitted during the pandemic, but it's one of the few COVID-era policies that has not been rescinded, and it's"
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “The Congres...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 25, 2026
"And again, there, I mean, I do think there is a way to, an example I know which may not be analogous is there's been a huge spike in requests of Congress.gov, and I know OCIO is able to differentiate which of those are coming from machines and which are coming from humans, and overwhelmingly it's coming from machines, because a lot of folks are trying to scrape Congress.gov for the data. Amazon does it. I think we should be able to do it, too. Thank you,"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesot...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you, Senator. I think that this is a good analogy and a good comparison is the United States versus Europe, which prides itself as being a leader in regulation. And if you look at what companies, you know, there's a reason why SpaceX, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon were all created in the United States. And in Europe, you have Louis Vuitton and Thank you, Senator, and thank you. I very much enjoyed our"
Testimony LANKFORD, JAMES
Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Over the last 10 years and you've only been there months at this point But over the last 10 years delivery has gotten slower as well. So we've got increasing amounts of expenses in decreasing speed of service in the same time period Amazon and Walmart are racing to try to get deliveries to people's homes in two hours And it's now taken five days for a lot of folks in rural America to be able to get a letter moving where I used to take two in"
Testimony THE HONORABLE DAVID STEINER
Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"The reason why well, let's let's let's look at the context first FedEx Amazon UPS, you know deliver call it anywhere from maybe eight to ten billion packages a year We deliver a hundred and ten billion pieces every year. So the magnitude the difference in this in the networks is"
Testimony PAUL, RAND
Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Anything you can stop that he put in place that isn't already going, I don't think there's the hope that you're going to somehow outcompete Amazon or UPS or something. And so you really shouldn't be trying to get more into their business. You should be trying to have less business, period. And you should have tried to less have less of the government doing any business that you're involved with because I think you'd still lose money. If you outsourced 100%, you'd still lose"
Testimony FITZGERALD, SCOTT
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"with the rest available only through Sunday Ticket. Compare that with the current college football model, where fans can access dozens of games across various television channels on a Saturday afternoon. Since 2021, the NFL, along with the other sports leagues, have stretched the bounds of its exemption to sign exclusive distribution agreements with streaming platforms, including Amazon Prime, Netflix, Peacock, and ESPN. This includes the Packers, the Green Bay Packers games on Thanksgiving..."
Testimony JORDAN, JIM
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"On Monday night, games are on satellite and cable television, ESPN. On Thursday night, games are streamed on Amazon. On Thanksgiving, games are on broadcast satellite, cable, or streaming. On Christmas, broadcast satellite, cable, or streaming. And there's some I'm missing in there because when playoffs get different and everything else. That's the situation"
Testimony JORDAN, JIM
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"wants to watch the Packers. He grew up in Dallas, Texas. For the 2026 season, the Packers are scheduled to play eight games on Fox, two games on Amazon Prime Video, two games on Netflix, two games on NBC, one game on ESPN, one game on CBS, and one unscheduled game that is left to be determined by the NFL. The fan will need access to Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, NBC, and ESPN to see the seven games scheduled for those services. The fan will need access to Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, NBC, and..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Yet today, it's increasingly apparent that the public access goals of that bargain are no longer being met. Games from the four major professional leagues are now spread across Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube TV, and Apple"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"This is why games on broadcast deliver massive audiences relative to their streaming competitors. For example, NFL games on CBS, Fox, and NBC this past Thanksgiving averaged 44.7 million viewers per game, while Amazon's game the following day on Black Friday drew only 16 million viewers. It's also why local teams that have moved games from regional sports networks to broadcast television have seen their ratings"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"now taken advantage of, and they are gouging so many different fans out there across the entire sports landscape, regardless of who you are a fan of. Let me hit you with just a couple of ideas. The NFL in particular, CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN, ABC, Amazon, Netflix, the NFL Sunday Ticket, Paramount, Peacock, most of your constituents are"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Buffalo Bills, great new stadium opening, $850 million in taxpayer funds. Their very first home game is on a Thursday on Amazon. Most of the taxpayers in the state of New York who paid for that stadium are not able to watch for free a Buffalo Bills home opener. That's wrong. You guys have an important responsibility and an opportunity to apply the law fairly, freely, and help fans everywhere across the entire nation pay less and get more. Thank"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"these games behind what was then sort of a pay-per-view concept that they understood in 1961, closed captioning style, where it wasn't available for free. So, I think, clearly, if you look at that 1961 law and apply it to modern technology, the 13 percent — Netflix, Amazon, and other streaming assets — clearly violate the intent of the 1961 law, which is pretty clear. It was designed to make sure that fans get free access to"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Streaming is delayed. If you're watching a game on Amazon or you're watching a game on Netflix and you are sitting with your phone and you are texting with your friends or family about a game, you might find out what happened on the play a minute after it actually happened. Some of you know this experience, you've been sitting on your couch, you don't even want to look at your phone because it's a crucible moment of the game and your buddy might have seen it already a minute ago. That didn't..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Yes, I think that would be incredibly important because technology is hard to predict. And I would point out that there is a discussion surrounding closed captioning television back in the day, and I understand to be true, back in the 1950s, 1960s, you could put pay-per-view for big boxing matches and they would sometimes do it. And the 1961 Act specifically says that would not be allowed here. In other words, we're moving towards a world, I think, where one day the Super Bowl might be put on..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"You would not be able to only buy Buffalo Bills games, which is what your constituent is asking for, they would have to buy the totality of the NFL Sunday ticket package to ensure that they were able to watch every Josh Allen game. Netflix and Amazon as well, so you're talking about having to buy everything. It's an excellent question. And I think the easy answer is no one knows for"
Testimony BALINT, BECCA
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Yeah, and look, if you have ever worked in restaurants, as I have multiple times in my life, like, your margins are very slim. Yeah, well, I appreciate you being here. The last point I just want to make is because I did attend President Trump's second inauguration and saw all of the folks who were sitting behind him at the inauguration, including Jeff Bezos, and just want to remind everybody that the CEO of Amazon gave tens of millions of dollars for the Melania documentary on top of spending..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"It may be, and let's peel this back for a moment. So if we're talking about a Cowboy fan who lives in Dallas, that fan is going to have access to the vast majority of games free over the air, and then for the Cowboy games that are on Thursday night on Amazon or on another streaming service, that game will be aired locally on broadcast to that fan in Dallas itself. But for the other Cowboy fans across Texas, outside of that singular DMA, they are going to have to pay for the subscription..."
Testimony CLINE, BEN
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Thanksgiving games average $45-$57 million versus about $27 million for the Netflix Christmas game and $21 million for Amazon's Black Friday game. If broadcast reaches twice the audience, what does it tell you that the league keeps moving marquee games behind"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"but this antitrust exemption, which was granted to them, enables them to pool rights in a was intended only to govern those negotiations with broadcasters. The benefit to fans was that free access, and the balance is off if suddenly that act is going to be misused to enable negotiations with Amazon, Netflix or YouTube. Well, listen, by expanding the pool of media entities negotiating for these rights, the sports leagues are creating a broad"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"So very clearly here, if the league is using the antitrust exemption to negotiate with Amazon, Netflix, Google, that's not what the law contemplated. As you're thinking about college"
Testimony JEREMY HARRELL
Nuclear Permitting Reform: Legislation to Advance Efficient Licensing
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"And then I think what is a real critical driver and shouldn't be overlooked is we're seeing energy consumers say that they demand this product. They want reliable base load clean energy and nuclear power. And so you're seeing everyone from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, to heavy energy consumers like mining companies, Nucor, and others, Dow in Texas, saying we need this product. We need to build it"
Testimony HERN, KEVIN
Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Digital Asset Taxation
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"I want to thank the witnesses for being here today, and this is a very important topic, as the chairman said. As we work towards solutions here, I think we have to figure out a consensus on the tax rules for the digital asset industry. And some members of this committee might view the digital asset industry and the blockchain as the next technological breakthrough for the financial services industry, and some might view it as a complete Ponzi scheme, and maybe there are opinions somewhere in..."
Testimony DR. CHRIS MESEROLE
“The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI, and AI Co...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"whose mission is to advance frontier AI safety and security. Since our founding, we have worked with our six member firms, Anthropic, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI, to develop the security practices, scientific research, and information-sharing channels we need to responsibly manage the potential large-scale risks to public safety and security from frontier"
Testimony LEE, SUMMER L.
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Being an independent agency is the core of the NLRB's ability to protect workers. But we know that calling the NLRB unconstitutional is a standard tactic routinely used by Trump's friends at corporations like Amazon, SpaceX, to UnionBus. Ms. Kerry, your former law firm, Morgan Lewis, represented some of these corporations in arguing that the NLRB is"
Testimony WALBERG, TIM
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you. Mr. Murphy, the Biden-Harris board's decision in the Amazon captive audience case prohibited employers from holding meetings at which they express views on unionization. However, as I believe you know, the Supreme Court, prior boards, and the text of the National Labor Relations Act explicitly protect employer"
Testimony MANNION, JOHN W.
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Given what we've seen so far, I do have some concerns about what that looks like in the past five months. Your office has given Amazon a bailout and one of the most consequential cases before the agency, and let SpaceX off the hook for enforcement from enforcement by the NLRB. So that being said, historically, across past administrations, the NLRB operated by a rule of thumb that any settlement less than 80 percent of the total back pay owed was"
Testimony THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"We do have a number of the cases that would have been included on the mandatory submissions advice memo, which, quite frankly, I had written for over a year as my nomination was pending, and I just never issued it, but we have all of those cases that are pending before the board. So Jim keeps saying, if we have the opportunity to review them, that my opinion and position on Stericycle is out there before him pending. My position out there on Amazon is out there pending. My position on Siren is..."
Testimony HAYES, JAHANA
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"No, thank you. The NLRB issued a landmark 2024 ruling regarding Amazon prohibitive captive audience meeting after my state, the state of Connecticut, passed legislation to ban this practice two years earlier. Connecticut law prohibits employers from retaliating against workers who refuse to attend employer-mandated meetings on political or religious matters. These captive audience meetings are often used by employers to discourage workers from organizing or joining a union. A federal court..."
Testimony DESAULNIER, MARK
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"So I want a couple things. First of all, conflicts of interest. Carey was brought up earlier about a potential conflict you had about recusing yourself in the timeline with Amazon, and then the previous administration, there was a controversy with Board Member Emanuel, and Mr."
Testimony OMAR, ILHAN
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Morgan Lewis represents some of the largest corporations fighting against worker organizing, such as SpaceX, Tesla, and even Amazon. The reason I'm mentioning your former law firm is because your office is now given Amazon a major victory by pursuing a settlement that shuts down a years-long case. The reason I'm mentioning your former law firm is because your office is now given Amazon a major victory by pursuing a settlement that shuts down a years-long case. This case could have found Amazon..."
Testimony OMAR, ILHAN
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I am deeply concerned about the conflict of interest here and about your willingness to enforce the law in good faith. Did you represent Amazon at Morgan Lewis? So why didn't you recuse"
Testimony OMAR, ILHAN
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"So why didn't you recuse yourself? In your confirmation hearing before the Senate, did you commit to recusing yourself from any enforcement decision or any actions involving Amazon? And so what"
Testimony THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Because pursuant to the ethics agreement, any recusal obligation would have expired in December prior to me being sworn in. During my confirmation hearing, Senator Hawley asked me at that moment if I would be recused from Amazon, and the answer in July of last year was yes. Pursuant to my ethics agreement that was approved by the Office of Government Ethics, my recusal to Amazon fell off in December prior to me being sworn in as general"
Testimony OMAR, ILHAN
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"And so what changed? Did you direct any regional staff to pursue a settlement with Amazon in Palmdale, California? So the settlement lets Amazon walk away without ever being found a joint employer. So the settlement lets Amazon walk away without ever being found a joint"
Testimony THE HONORABLE CRYSTAL CAREY
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"So I can't talk about the case because it is still pending litigation. Amazon, I'm sorry, the team's just filed a special appeal to the board, which will be sitting before Jim. I have filed an answer to that appeal, which was filed late last night. I will say, and I think it would be worth your while if you have not, is to read the Administrative Law Judge's decision in approving that"
Testimony OMAR, ILHAN
“Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Did you specifically provide that provision to be included? Did anyone from the White House or a political appointee contact you regarding this case or other Amazon cases? So we are to believe that Amazon, which donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration, got the most favorable position outcome, and nobody made a call. So we are to believe that Amazon, which donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration, got the most favorable position outcome, and nobody made a"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"and focus more of their effort on what's happening on the market-dominant side, and a little less, perhaps, on the competitive side. The Postal Service still has, in general, the least costly service available for the delivery of the packages, but there is an immense effort. I read an article the other day about how both Amazon and Walmart, who have made a concerted effort to build up their space into rural, remote areas, and they've also noticed that it's not just the people who've lived..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"or the competition angle with the post office and other competing factors? Maybe Amazon, maybe someone else, UPS could be, but that's competing in that market. Can you put us in that world of how that works and what those issues might"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
“Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"where it is costly to deliver to those areas. And these folks, you know, it is their lifeline, and it is something that they really rely on. So I think all of those conversations need to be had, and I think, I will say this too, I think there's tremendous opportunity to be had with the private sector as well. I think there have been a lot of great relationships that have been created, right, with Amazon, with others. And I think all of those things, nothing should be off the table, I think, as..."
Testimony OWENS, BURGESS
"Building an AI-Ready America: Higher Education in the Age of AI"
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Thank you. Lastly, I'd like to recognize Mr. Horn for your testimony. Thank you. Under Committee Rule 9, we will now question witnesses on the five-minute rule. I will now ask the witnesses to come forward. Florida State has partnered with companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services Services to expand access to AI tools and training. How do partnerships like these bridge the gap between classroom learning and skills employers, employees, employees are"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
"Building an AI-Ready America: Higher Education in the Age of AI"
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Higher education, we don't view that AI will replace instruction or replace the classroom, but the partnership will prepare, will prepare our students to be able to have exposure to the tools and the workforce and the platform that they will use in their future careers. So for us, these partnerships with companies like Google, with Microsoft, with Amazon is to give them access, that ubiquitous access across all disciplines, across all fields to have exposure to these tools in a secure and..."
Testimony EDWARDS, CHUCK
Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"cracking down on illegal Chinese fishing, stopping cartel-driven deforestation in the Amazon with protected area enforcement. Is this foundation something that you're committed to? And if so, what would need to happen for that to become activated and for the funding to be released? All right. Thank you. We'll follow up as well. I"
Testimony PAUL, RAND
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"What happens is if I go to the store and want to negotiate over the price, nobody cares. But if I joined a co-op like Costco or Amazon through an association health plan, they could bid for my insurance. Costco has 44 million"
Testimony PAUL, RAND
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"Right now it has to be, you have to all be carpenters, you have to all be farmers or cattlemen. We think anybody that belongs to Costco or Amazon, let them be a purchase of insurance by loosening up the laws and that would work. So I'd appreciate your idea on legalizing, increasing HSAs and then legalizing the concept of letting people buy insurance or drugs through like a large co-op across state lines. The only reason I would differ on that, because I'm not sure how you're talking about..."
Testimony MR. ROBERT WESTBROOKS
“Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Ru...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Apr 15, 2026
"The cost of controls and the impact on the delivery of public benefits would be too great. Whether you're running a mom-and-pop store, Amazon, or a government program, fraud risk management always involves very difficult trade-off decisions. This is not to suggest in any way that we should tolerate"
Testimony MR. MICHAEL CALABRESE
Hearings to examine the World Radiocommunication Conference 2027, focu...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"There are also important issues that are not formal agenda items. The most salient are the ITU rules that govern spectrum sharing between traditional geostationary satellites, or GSOs, and the increasingly prevalent LEO constellations launched by SpaceX, Amazon, and others. As the Space Bureau has acknowledged, the ITU's 25-year-old sharing rules are overprotective, needlessly reducing LEO satellite power, capacity, and operational"
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine the World Radiocommunication Conference 2027, focu...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"I think Elon Musk should be thankful to you, and so should Jeff Bezos, because without the work you did, we wouldn't have SpaceX, and we wouldn't have Amazon launching satellites today, because of the great work that you and the United States did in that"
Testimony MFUME, KWEISI
“Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Post...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"And I'm sure Benjamin, well, we won't call his name here today because I'm sure he's probably spinning in his grave looking at this, but the first Postmaster General could not anticipate FedEx, Amazon, UPS, but you're faced with those as a competing force. Can you take a quick minute and tell us whether or not you have any ability to control those costs or losses, I should"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
“Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Post...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"In what regard? Yes, a great question. Look, the reality is, until the recent changes to the network, we didn't have a network that could even compete with FedEx and UPS and Amazon. It just couldn't compete. And so what we've designed now is a network that can compete, but it competes at the lower"
Testimony CASSIDY, BILL
Hearings to examine the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, t...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"Louisiana has a big meta AI center in northeast Louisiana. There's one just announced with Amazon in northwest Louisiana. In both cases, both companies have committed to building the sufficient power generation so as not to raise rates. The president in the State of the Union said again, we should not be raising rates and said that these data centers"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Opportunities with VHA Reorganization
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"I'm championing that all over the country with the food. If you've never seen this, I encourage you to talk to her. They have Amazon boxes basically where they get food. So in suicide, I mean, because you brought it up, let me write, I get those reports. There's nothing that bothers me more than those reports. That's why we have redone the entire suicide prevention program. That's why we're now looking, we're actually doing outreach to those who are not being cared for in the"