H.Res. 967

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 967 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 967

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that European laws 
and regulations unfairly and unreasonably burden American speech and 
innovation.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 18, 2025

Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. 
Fitzgerald, and Mr. Hunt) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that European laws 
and regulations unfairly and unreasonably burden American speech and 
innovation.

Whereas the right to express oneself freely under the First Amendment to the 
Constitution is at the very core of democracy in the United States;
Whereas labels like ``misinformation'' and ``hate speech'' are inevitably used 
by the powerful to censor critics and silence dissent;
Whereas oversight by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives has shown that the Biden administration coerced and 
colluded with social media companies to censor First Amendment-protected 
discourse related to elections and the COVID-19 pandemic;
Whereas both Meta and Alphabet informed the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives that the Biden administration successfully 
pressured them to censor First Amendment-protected content on their 
platforms;
Whereas the American people resoundingly rejected this censorship and reinforced 
fundamental free speech principles in the 2024 election;
Whereas the European Union, its member states, and the United Kingdom have 
enacted comprehensive digital regulations that violate due process, 
punish American companies, and censor legitimate political discourse;
Whereas European digital censorship laws set de facto international standards 
for content moderation;
Whereas European and British officials have explicitly used these laws to target 
First Amendment-protected political discourse by and among United States 
citizens;
Whereas European digital regulations impose significant costs on American 
companies, harming American workers and consumers;
Whereas European digital regulations violate the due process rights of American 
companies to administer fines and penalties that amount to targeted 
trade barriers against Americans;
Whereas European digital regulations are designed specifically to target United 
States companies while leaving European competitors free from burdensome 
requirements; and
Whereas European regulations function as a tax on American innovators, 
distorting the free market and free exchange of ideas to fund Europe's 
bloated welfare state: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) expresses disapproval of the European Union's Digital 
Services Act and Digital Markets Act, the United Kingdom's 
Online Safety Act and Digital Markets, Competition and 
Consumers Act, and similar foreign laws;
(2) calls on the Trump administration to use diplomatic and 
economic tools to protect the free expression rights of United 
States citizens and prevent foreign governments from 
undermining the freedoms enshrined in the First Amendment to 
the Constitution;
(3) calls on the Trump administration to use diplomatic and 
economic tools to protect American innovation and prevent 
foreign antitrust authorities from harming United States 
consumers and companies;
(4) calls on the Department of Justice and the Federal 
Trade Commission to reject the antitrust principles underlying 
the European Union's Digital Markets Act and the United 
Kingdom's Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act; and
(5) calls on the Department of Justice and the Federal 
Trade Commission not to cooperate with European governments in 
the enforcement of these or any other similar foreign antitrust 
laws.
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