[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 967 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 967

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that European laws 
 and regulations unfairly and unreasonably burden American speech and 
                              innovation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2025

    Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. 
Fitzgerald, and Mr. Hunt) submitted the following resolution; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that European laws 
 and regulations unfairly and unreasonably burden American speech and 
                              innovation.

Whereas the right to express oneself freely under the First Amendment to the 
        Constitution is at the very core of democracy in the United States;
Whereas labels like ``misinformation'' and ``hate speech'' are inevitably used 
        by the powerful to censor critics and silence dissent;
Whereas oversight by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives has shown that the Biden administration coerced and 
        colluded with social media companies to censor First Amendment-protected 
        discourse related to elections and the COVID-19 pandemic;
Whereas both Meta and Alphabet informed the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
        House of Representatives that the Biden administration successfully 
        pressured them to censor First Amendment-protected content on their 
        platforms;
Whereas the American people resoundingly rejected this censorship and reinforced 
        fundamental free speech principles in the 2024 election;
Whereas the European Union, its member states, and the United Kingdom have 
        enacted comprehensive digital regulations that violate due process, 
        punish American companies, and censor legitimate political discourse;
Whereas European digital censorship laws set de facto international standards 
        for content moderation;
Whereas European and British officials have explicitly used these laws to target 
        First Amendment-protected political discourse by and among United States 
        citizens;
Whereas European digital regulations impose significant costs on American 
        companies, harming American workers and consumers;
Whereas European digital regulations violate the due process rights of American 
        companies to administer fines and penalties that amount to targeted 
        trade barriers against Americans;
Whereas European digital regulations are designed specifically to target United 
        States companies while leaving European competitors free from burdensome 
        requirements; and
Whereas European regulations function as a tax on American innovators, 
        distorting the free market and free exchange of ideas to fund Europe's 
        bloated welfare state: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) expresses disapproval of the European Union's Digital 
        Services Act and Digital Markets Act, the United Kingdom's 
        Online Safety Act and Digital Markets, Competition and 
        Consumers Act, and similar foreign laws;
            (2) calls on the Trump administration to use diplomatic and 
        economic tools to protect the free expression rights of United 
        States citizens and prevent foreign governments from 
        undermining the freedoms enshrined in the First Amendment to 
        the Constitution;
            (3) calls on the Trump administration to use diplomatic and 
        economic tools to protect American innovation and prevent 
        foreign antitrust authorities from harming United States 
        consumers and companies;
            (4) calls on the Department of Justice and the Federal 
        Trade Commission to reject the antitrust principles underlying 
        the European Union's Digital Markets Act and the United 
        Kingdom's Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act; and
            (5) calls on the Department of Justice and the Federal 
        Trade Commission not to cooperate with European governments in 
        the enforcement of these or any other similar foreign antitrust 
        laws.
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