That means new tools and increased funding for the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, the agencies tasked with enforcing antitrust laws. Klobuchar said she planned to reintroduce several pieces of legislation that sat dormant while Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who is skeptical of new antitrust laws, controlled the subcommittee.

I've had a good working relationship with [Lee], but I'm looking forward to finally having the gavel to be able to mark up bills and send them to the floor, Klobuchar said.

She wont have to wait long. A power-sharing agreement for the 50-50 Senate brokered this week by Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., means control of the Judiciary Committee will pass to Democrats soon.

With the gavel in hand, Klobuchar doesnt plan to waste time. Market dominance in the technology industry has harmed consumers, she said, and even helped lead to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by former President Donald Trumps supporters.

This concentration of power has raised troubling questions about personal privacy, the security of our elections, and the spread of toxic disinformation, she said, including the type of disinformation that helped convince a violent and deeply misinformed mob to storm our Capitol and desecrate the temple of our democracy.

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Klobuchar, incoming antitrust chair, eager to take on Big Tech - Roll Call