U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) met with the Lima-Allen Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning.
Precious Grundy | The Lima News
LIMA — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) stopped in Lima to engage with residents of the 4th District. Jordan also paid visits to Mansfield, Union County, Logan County and Hardin County before arriving in Allen County. The congressperson joined a Lima-Allen County Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday morning to talk business.
“It is always good to hear from business leaders and business owners,” said Jordan. “I think we are talking about some healthcare policy later this morning. It is important to talk to the folks who provide opportunities and jobs and make our communities go.”
Throughout the meeting, Jordan answered questions from local business owners and provided feedback. Jordan also addressed recent events.
Jordan is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. On Feb. 15, Jordan subpoenaed ‘big tech’ companies Alphabet, Amazon, Apple Meta and Microsoft. According to a recent article from The Wall Street Journal, Jordan requested information on how the companies moderate content on its platform.
“We now know from the Twitter files that it has been confirmed what we thought which is big tech and big government colluded to limit American’s First Amendment free speech rights, limit the information Americans’s got to see,” said Jordan.
Former Twitter executives did testify to Jordan’s House Oversight Committee on February 8 that the social media company had surpressed the reach of a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, but that there was no government involvement in the decision to do so.
“Our working hypothesis is that the same thing that happened on Twitter happened with these other big tech companies. We are asking them to do what Elon Musk did with Twitter. Show us the communication you have with the government. We know the government and other agencies were meeting with them on a weekly basis up to the 2020 race and they continue that. We would like to see that information.”
On Feb. 3, a train derailed in East Palenstine, Ohio. According to a recent article from the Associated Press, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources estimated the spill from the trains affected over seven miles of streams.
”I talked with Congressman (Bill) Johnson who is the representative in that area,” said Jordan. “He is on the ground there staying in touch with state and federal authorities trying to figure out what exactly needs to be done. Praying for those folks who have been through this terrible ordeal.”
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