Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights; and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; announced that they will introduce
bipartisan legislation next week to restore competition online by establishing commonsense rules of the road for dominant digital platforms to prevent them from abusing their market power to harm competition, online businesses, and consumers.
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act would set rules of the road for major digital platforms to ensure they cannot unfairly preference their own products and services. This legislation is cosponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Cynthia Lummis (R-W.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Josh Hawley (R-Miss.). A bipartisan group led by House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Ranking Member Ken Buck (R-Col.) introduced a similar version of the bill in the House, which was voted out of the House Judiciary Committee.