IV 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. VAN DREW (for himself, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. FITZ-
GERALD, 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 
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 de-
mocracy in the United States; 
Whereas labels like ‘‘misinformation’’ and ‘‘hate speech’’ are 
inevitably used by the powerful to censor critics and si-
lence dissent; 
Whereas oversight by the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives has shown that the Biden ad-
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ministration coerced and colluded with social media com-
panies to censor First Amendment-protected discourse re-
lated 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 cen-
sor First Amendment-protected content on their plat-
forms; 
Whereas the American people resoundingly rejected this cen-
sorship 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 reg-
ulations that violate due process, punish American com-
panies, and censor legitimate political discourse; 
Whereas European digital censorship laws set de facto inter-
national 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 specifi-
cally to target United States companies while leaving Eu-
ropean competitors free from burdensome requirements; 
and 
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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 ex-
pression rights of United States citizens and prevent 
foreign governments from undermining the freedoms 
enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitu-
tion; 
(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 compa-
nies; 
(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 Mar-
kets, Competition and Consumers Act; and 
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(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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