claim: "i am the only (state attorney general) in america fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."
author: josh hawley
evidence_1: jun 2, 2017 ... state attorneys general had sued tobacco companies, arguing that the ... crisis  ravages states, ohio's attorney general mike dewine filed a lawsuit ... the one- paragraph letter from 1980 that fueled the opioid crisis ... it may be even more  difficult to legally hold pharmaceutical companies accountable in ...
evidence_2: nov 13, 2018 ... incoming attorney general eric schmitt said, “i want to thank governor ...  governor parson has been a truly outstanding governor for the state of ... we filed  one of the largest lawsuits in missouri history to hold accountable ...  investigations of the country's most powerful big tech companies.” ... contact us.
evidence_3: he was elected on november 4, 2014, and sworn into office on january 5, 2015.  ... his first major initiative as attorney general was the formation of a special unit  ... billion for texas families – an unprecedented amount in one year by any state.  ... during a two-year stretch, of which six were heard in the u.s. supreme court.
evidence_4: mar 21, 2018 ... in washington state, a 15-year-old girl was trafficked on backpage for ...  proposed law titled “allow states and victims to fight online sex ... her support  for the bill, as did other large tech companies. ... the district attorneys have told  us that. ... “not only will it untie the hands of every state attorney general's ...
evidence_5: oct 5, 2017 ... technology .... once his home state's highest-profile public official, now he was  just one more american confronting the opioid epidemic. ... moore, who's 65,  served as mississippi's attorney general from 1988 to 2004. ... first state ag to sue  tobacco companies for lying about nicotine addiction and hold them ...