Congressman Joe Neguse Secures 2nd Congressional Field Hearing for Colorado

Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and serves as Vice Chair of the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, announced that the Subcommittee will hold a field hearing in Colorado on January 17th. The hearing will be the fifth in a series hosted by the Subcommittee on dominant platforms and will examine the state of competition in the digital marketplace. Bipartisan members from the Subcommittee will hear from top executives of companies with concerns about the rise of market power and anticompetitive conduct online. This will be the 2nd congressional field hearing Congressman Neguse has secured in Colorado in the last six months, following the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis’s field hearing in Boulder in August.

“The state of Colorado—and the 2nd Congressional District in particular—is a hub for tech innovation and ingenuity,” said Congressman Joe Neguse. “I’m proud to secure this opportunity to highlight Colorado on the national level and bring my congressional colleagues to learn about the growing vibrant and strong tech community in our district, and to continue our work as a Committee on anti-trust matters and ensuring federal conditions enable such ingenuity in Colorado and across the nation to grow.”

“Through the Subcommittee’s investigation, it has become clear that the dominant online platforms have tremendous power to shape and influence online commerce,” said Congressman Cicilline, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. “This hearing is an opportunity to hear directly from a diverse group of innovative companies that are forced to rely on these platforms as gatekeepers to reach consumers and the online marketplace.”

“CU Boulder is where policy and research intersect,” said Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. “We are excited to have our experts join with national policy makers and industry leaders to discuss the future of technology and the economy.”

Full details are as follows:

WHAT:

Antitrust Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 5: Competitors in the Digital Economy”

WHERE:

University of Colorado Law School
Whittmyer Courtroom
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Boulder, CO 80309

WHEN:

Friday January 17, 2020
10:00 AM

WHO:

Members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee
Patrick Spence, CEO, Sonos
David Barnett, Founder and CEO, PopSockets
Kirsten Daru, Vice President and General Counsel, Tile
Additional Witnesses to be Announced

Media must RSVP with Sally Tucker at Sally.Tucker@mail.house.gov