THAT'S HOW JUSTICE BARRETT ANSWERED AS WELL IN HER RECENT HEARING. I WANT TO TURN TO AN AREA THAT SENATOR LEE AND I, WE CHAIRED THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANTITRUST. IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. IT USUALLY GETS RELEGATED TO THE SECOND ROUND, BUT I AM PUTTING THAT UP HERE. U.S. ANTITRUST LAW HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A COMPREHENSIVE CHARTER OF ECONOMIC LIBERTY. I AGREE. EFFECTIVE ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT LAYS A CRITICAL ROLE AS YOU KNOW IN PROTECTING CONSUMERS AND WORKERS PROMOTING INNOVATION, INSURING NEW BUSINESSES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE. FROM EARLY ON IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, IT HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ASSURING CAPITALISM WORKS. IN JANUARY, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DAWN OF THE INTERNET, THE SENATE PASSED A COMPETITION BILL OUT OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORTED THE BILL, THE AMERICAN INNOVATION AND CHOICE ONLINE ACT. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE BILL OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WANT TO PUT THIS IN SOME CONTEXT. WHILE TECH MONOPOLIES HAVE SEIZED 50% TO 90% MARKET SHARE IN MAJOR PARTS OF THEIR BUSINESS LINES, IT IS CLEAR TO ME WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF LOSS IN PLACE THAT THESE MONOPOLIES ARE NOT OK. HOWEVER, COURT RULINGS FOR DECADES AND ANTITRUST HAVE CREATED MAJOR OBSTACLES TO TAKING ON THESE CASES AND IT'S NOT JUST COURT RULING. IT IS ON US WITH THE DAWN OF THE INTERNET DECADES HAVING PASSED IS ON US THE SENATE AND HOUSE TO UPDATE OUR LAWS THIS YEAR TO GIVE ENFORCERS THE RESOURCES TO DO THEIR JOB. SOMETHING THAT YOU IF CONFIRMED WOULD NOT HAVE A ROLE IN. BUT THE ROLE OF THE COURTS IS ALSO VERY CRITICAL. YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO REPLACE JUSTICE BREYER WHO CAME TO THE COURT WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND IN ANTITRUST LAW. I KNOW YOU HANDLED A CASE, WE DISCUSSED IT IN MY OFFICE. IT GOT DECIDED THE MERGER WAS ABANDONED SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO RULE ON THE MERITS OF IT IN 2017. THE FTC CHALLENGE. I WILL QUOTE SOMETHING THE JUSTICE BREYER ONCE SAID. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY, THEN YOU MUST HAVE A STRONG AND EFFECTIVE ANTITRUST LAW. DO YOU AGREE WITH JUSTICE BREYER STATEMENT AND HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE GOALS OF OUR ANTITRUST LAWS? HON. JUDGE JACKSON: 