House panel advances kids safety bills despite Democratic opposition

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee advanced a slate of 18 kids’ online safety bills to the full panel Thursday despite Democratic opposition to key legislation that could complicate the effort down the line.

While lawmakers cleared about a dozen bills without any pushback, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act both moved forward on party-line votes, as Democrats rejected recent changes to the legislation.

“I am furious,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), the top Democrat on the subcommittee, said at the outset of Thursday’s markup. “I think the legislation that has been proposed is terribly inadequate.”

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