TPA Urges 118th Congress to Empower Tech Innovation
Dan Savickas
November 9, 2022
For Immediate Release Contact: Abigail Graham: (202-417-7235)
November 9, 2022
Washington, D.C. – The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) urges the new Congress to preserve the integrity of the internet, with a focus on cybersecurity, data privacy, and a light touch regulatory approach.
TPA Director of Tech Policy Dan Savickas offered the following comment:
“Incoming members and leaders of the 118th Congress have a unique opportunity to shape the online future of the United States and ensure the global internet continues to be built by American companies. Tech companies are innovating in ways previously unimaginable. It is vital that congressional leadership – as well as every representative and senator – do not make the government an obstacle to further innovations that will improve the quality of life for millions of Americans and potentially billions around the globe.
“Too many elected officials in the 117th Congress got drawn into premature and ill-considered proposals, from antitrust policy to constitutionally-questionable speech regulations, that would have stifled innovation and free expression had they passed. Needless red tape and restrictions in a digital environment threaten not only innovation and expression, but the cybersecurity of user data and national infrastructure. New and returning members of both chambers of Congress have a chance to turn a corner and focus on the priorities that will matter most to the American people. Instead of regulation, the 118th Congress can empower the free market to operate unencumbered to provide the technology of tomorrow.”
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Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis and dissemination of information on the government’s effects on the economy.