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The internet has brought about remarkable opportunities in our modern world. It allows us to keep in touch with family and friends thousands of miles away, order goods and services with the click of a button, and access all sorts of information. And it’s an incredible tool for a robust exchange of ideas. But unfortunately, the internet – and social media platforms in particular – can also be used to spread extremism, violence, hate speech, and pornography.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Wednesday after yesterday’s Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on antitrust. “Yesterday’s oversight hearing illustrated the dysfunction that comes with having two federal agencies responsible for civil antitrust enforcement.” Sen Lee said. “We need robust investigations and enforcement of the antitrust laws, especially in the tech arena. That objective is likely to be hindered if the agencies are stumbling over each other trying to investigate the same companies for the same conduct,” Sen. Lee continued. “Such efforts will be wasteful and could very well undermine their ability to enforce the antitrust laws. I wouldn’t recommend that they get any additional resources until they demonstrate their willingness to put the interests of consumers above their bureaucratic gamesmanship.”

When the Berlin Wall fell in November of 1989, the whole world hoped it meant a new era of cooperation and friendship with the Russian people. Almost 30 years later, however, our relationship with Russia is almost as strained as it was during the Cold War. Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine 2014, and it continues to prolong humanitarian crises in Libya, Syria and Venezuela. Russian agents stole emails from the Democratic National Committee, hacked voting machines in some states and accessed voter data files in others.

The American economy is thriving. The current economic expansion is the longest in U.S. history. Our unemployment rate has remained below 4 percent for the past 18 months. In recent years, we’ve seen consistently solid GDP growth and job creation. Yet, for many parents across this country, raising a family is harder and more expensive than ever. The New York Times recently surveyed adults 20 to 45 who were parents or planned to be. One in four had fewer children—or expected to have fewer children—than they considered ideal. Economic concerns were foremost among the reasons that they fell short or believed they would.