Hey, it's me, I'm the Rich Hast.

We have a special, extra interview episode for you this week.

Rich Senior Porter, Addy Robertson, and I sat down with Congressman David Syslini.

He's a Democrat from Rhode Island.

He's also importantly the chairman of the House subcommittee on Antitrust Commercial and

Administrative Law.

Obviously, the key word there is antitrust.

His subcommittee has been leading an investigation into the big tech platforms and how they affect

competition.

Last week on Friday, they held a hearing with executives from Sonos, PopSocket, Base Camp,

and Tile, in which those executives on the record under oath talked about how the big platforms

bully them.

Congressman Syslini's investigation is coming to a close.

You'll hear him talk about that.

They're going to produce a report and then recommended legislation about how to regulate

and manage the big platforms, how to enforce the antitrust law, potentially how to change

antitrust law.

One thing I want to call out, you're going to hear us talk about consumer harm and consumer

welfare.

It's a little bit of a complicated concept, but here's a simple version.

Right now, in order to be liable for antitrust violations, you have to meet something called

the Consumer Welfare Standard, which basically means prices go up.

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