Lawmakers' family working for Big Tech shows undue sway, top GOP critic says

Top Republican Silicon Valley critic Ken Buck flagged the number of Congress members' relatives working for Big Tech companies as a sign of the industry's excess influence over the Democratic Party.

Buck, who is likely to become the chairman of the Judiciary Committee antitrust panel responsible for policies affecting the tech sector, said that Democratic leaders failed to pass substantive bills affecting Big Tech, while also having children work for the companies that the legislation would have regulated.

"What's unusual is a number of children of members who are employed by these companies," Buck said at a Heritage event on Wednesday promoting his upcoming book Crushed: Big Tech's War on Free Speech. "That's what blows you away."