Trahan Highlights Overwhelming Public Support for Bipartisan TLDR Act

Statement

Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Consumer Protection Subcommittee, highlighted a new Morning Consult/Politico poll showing overwhelming support for key provisions within the Terms-of-service Labeling, Design and Readability (TLDR) Act. This bipartisan legislation, introduced by Trahan and Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), would require that online companies make their terms of service contracts easier for consumers to understand before clicking "Agree."

"Americans across the political spectrum agree -- terms of service should be presented so that every person can understand how their data is being used and the rights they're giving up when they click "Agree.' Just as importantly, people also believe that the onus should not be on them to spend hours parsing an unnecessarily long and complex contract," said Congresswoman Trahan. "Passage of the TLDR Act is a necessary and commonsense way to begin returning power to where it belongs -- with consumers -- and with such strong national support for the legislation, Congress has an obligation to get it across the finish line without delay."

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