Democrat immediately threatens subpoenas for tech executives in wake of midterms
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., appeared to signal a desire to issue subpoenas to technology executives following Democrats' capture of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.Responding to a...
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Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., appeared to signal a desire to issue subpoenas to technology executives following Democrats' capture of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate . Responding to a social media post that read "Live televised trials of Big Tech executives when?" Markey wrote, "They are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing." Markey is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and also sits on the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. DEMS SEIZE THE SENATE AS BLUE TIDAL WAVE CRASHES DEEP INTO TRUMP COUNTRY, TOPPLES GOP STRONGHOLDS As ranking member, he's poised to become the chairman of the small business committee when the Senate Democrats who won Tuesday are sworn in January. Markey, who defeated Republican challenger John Deaton by a wide margin on Tuesday, will serve his third term in the Senate after serving 37 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. AI COULD GO ROGUE. WASHINGTON NEEDS ANSWERS TO THESE FIVE QUESTIONS ASAP Widely viewed as a progressive, Markey has positioned himself as a prominent critic of Big Tech. In July, Markey released an "AI Accountability Agenda," a package of legislation aimed at reducing the power that technology companies have in the U.S. TAX BREAKS HELPING FUEL TRUMP'S LATEST TECH PUSH JUST LANDED IN DEMS' CROSSHAIRS He has compared the technology industry to oil companies, and often cites major corporations in the sector as impediments to his climate agenda, a flagship policy of his. He has supported stricter curbs on data center buildouts , saying that Congress needs "to make sure these data centers don't turn into pollution bombs." INSIDE THE FAR-LEFT'S ANTI-DATA CENTER PUSH AND WHAT EXPERTS SAY IS DRIVING IT: 'PLAYBOOK WE'VE SEEN BEFORE' And he's been a broad proponent of The Green New Deal , a policy framework that aims to combat climate change. "The Green New Deal isn…