Hearing: “Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II”

Committee on the Judiciary

2141 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Support Documents

• A letter dated February 3, 2026, from The Episcopal Parish of St. John the Evangelist to Members of the House Judiciary Committee, submitted for the Record by Ms. Balint of VT [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from The New York Times titled, “Elon Musk’s Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions of Sexualized Images, New Estimates Show”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Garcia of IL [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from The New York Times titled, “Elon Musk’s X Faces EU Inquiry Over Sexualized AI Images Generated by Grok”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Garcia of IL [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from The New York Times titled, “Grok, Elon Musk’s A.I., Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Garcia of IL [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from BBC titled, “Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested for protesting at migrant centre”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from CBS News titled, “ICE agents wrongfully detained U.S. citizen in Minneapolis for looking Somali, city leaders say”, submitted fort the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from The New York Times titled, “’They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from The Hill titled, “Poll: 62 percent think ICE efforts go ‘too far’”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Jayapal of WA [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul titled, “ICE Attorney: ‘This job sucks”, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• An article from The Guardian titled, “Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 01:47 PM
• A study from the Hudson Institute titled, “The EU’s December 2025 Changes to CS3D: Quantifying Costs to U.S. Industry”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Nehls of TX [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 02:02 PM
• A letter dated February 11, 2022, from Representative Roy and multiple members of Congress to Ms. Räsänen and Reverend Juhana Pohjola, submitted for the Record by Mr. Roy of TX [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 03:26 PM
• A letter dated May 21, 2024, from Representative Roy to Ms. Räsänen and Reverend Juhana Pohjola, submitted for the Record by Mr. Roy of TX [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 03:26 PM
• A letter dated November 10, 2021, from Representative Roy to Chair Maenza of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, submitted for the Record by Mr. Roy of TX [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 03:26 PM
• A letter dated August 8, 2023, from Representative Roy to Ambassador Hussain of the Office of International Religious Freedom and Ambassador to Finland Hickey, submitted for the Record by Mr. Roy of TX [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 03:26 PM
• An op-ed from Fox News written by Representative Roy and Tony Perkins titled, “War on religious freedom: We must stand up for Finnish Christians facing trial for their faith”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Roy of TX [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 03:26 PM
• An article from Express News titled, “Hegseth censured Sen. Mark Kelly for saying things he’s said”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Ross of NC [PDF] Added 02/04/2026 at 03:56 PM
• An article from the ACLU titled, “Trump Is Firing Federal Workers Over Beliefs He Doesn’t Like”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Tech Policy titled, “How the House Judiciary GOP Misread Europe’s 120 million Euro X Decision”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A letter dated September 3, 2025, from multiple professors to Commissioner Virkkunen of the European Commission”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Tech Policy titled, “EU Decision Behind 120 million Euro Fine on Musk’s X Released by US Lawmakers”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Gizmodo titled, “Elon Musk, King of Censorship: 10 Times the ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Silenced Twitter Users”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Politico titled, “Inside the Elon Musk-Jim Jordan ‘mind meld’ shaking up Capitol Hill”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Reuters titled, “Fact Check: UK woman jailed for inciting racial hatred, not posting hurtful words”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Salon titled, “Trump’s war on comedy threatens free speech for all”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Lawfare titled, “Speech, Coercion, and the Myth of the Censorship Regime”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Star Tribune titled, “Another wave of departures in Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A letter dated September 3, 2025, from the President of TechFreedom to Chairman Jordan, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from The Hill titled, “Trump asked Twitter to take down ‘derogatory’ tweet from Chrissy Teigen: whistleblower”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from The Guardian titled, “FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from The Guardian titled, “Trump calls for ‘termination’ of 60 Minutes in fresh attack on US media”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Rolling Stone titled, “Twitter Kept Entire ‘Database’ of Republican Requests to Censor Posts”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A letter dated September 3, 2025, from multiple professors to Chairman Jordan, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from The New York Times titled, “What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A letter dated April 9, 2025, from Representatives Correa and Fitzgerald to President Trump, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from the Wall Street Journal titled, “Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Murthy v. Missouri, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Arstechnica titled, “Apple is top funder of lobby group that says it represents small developers”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article by Anu Bradford titled, “The False Choice Between Digital Regulation and Innovation”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A report from September 2024, titled, “The future of European competitiveness”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A letter dated September 5, 2025, from the Freedom of the Press Foundation to Representative Biggs, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A live shot of Nigel Farage from GB News, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A press release from House Judiciary Democrats titled, “Debunking Republicans’ Misleading Reports on the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA)”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from ITIF titled, “Six Ways the DMA Is Backfiring on Europe by Harming Users, Innovation, and Allies”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A letter dated September 3, 2025, from The Open Markets Institute to Chairman Jordan and Ranking Member Raskin, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Politico titled, “Nigel Farage: Epstein files should be released”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from Progress Chamber titled, “Europe’s tech law has turned Europeans into second-class digital citizens”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from PBS titled, “Study says ChatGPT giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from the Washington Examiner titled, “EU regulations impose heavy costs on US companies, study finds”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• An article from the Wall Street Journal titled, “The Tech Industry Is Huge – and Europe’s Share of It Is Very Small”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/05/2026 at 10:26 AM
• A statement for the record from Human Rights First, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 02/09/2026 at 10:29 AM

First Published: January 28, 2026 at 09:39 AM
Last Updated: February 9, 2026 at 10:29 AM