Sen. Cruz Opens Investigation into Big Tech Funding Salaries of Biden Admin. Officials
Companies may be exploiting the Intergovernmental Personnel Act program to shape AI policy WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has opened an investigation into Big Tech companies’ funding of Biden administration staff salaries through an obscure program. Last October, President Biden issued an executive order directing federal agencies to […]
Cantwell Urges Congress to Act on PBMs, As New FTC Report Reveals Prescription Drug Middlemen are Inflating Drug Costs
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an interim report showing that prescription drug middlemen are profiting at the expense of patients, inflating drug costs and squeezing local pharmacies. After reviewing the report, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, urged her colleagues to pass her bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act that would hold these middlemen accountable.
FCC Report Shows Urgency to Pass Spectrum and National Security Act
Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel called on Congress to provide support to small and rural broadband providers struggling to remove and replace unsecure Chinese network equipment after a new FCC report found 40% of Rip and Replace program participants lack funding to complete the work.
Sen. Cruz, Reps. Roy, Castro Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Coalition of Lawmakers in Support of Direct Flight from SAT-DCA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) are leading a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of Texas lawmakers in urging Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to allocate San Antonio International Airport (SAT) one of the new long-haul, round-trip flights to Ronald Reagan Washington […]
Sen. Cruz Leads Senate Republican Colleagues in Urging EPA to Reject California’s Attack on Railroads
32 Senators object to California Air Resources Board Waiver rule that would increase rail costs and harm consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently led a letter with 31 of his Senate Republican colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan voicing their objection to a California […]
Revenge Porn Victims, Experts Share Powerful Testimony During Hearing in Dallas
Victims advocate for Congress to pass Sen. Cruz’s TAKE IT DOWN Act to force websites to remove explicit images and make publishing such images a federal crime WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) yesterday held a field hearing in Dallas, Texas titled, “Take It Down: Ending Big Tech’s Complicity […]
Sen. Cruz: Federal Fix Needed for Victims of Revenge and Deepfake Pornography
In opening remarks at Commerce field hearing, Cruz discusses bipartisan, first-of-its-kind TAKE IT DOWN Act DALLAS, TX –In his opening statement at today’s field hearing titled “Take It Down: Ending Big Tech’s Complicity In Revenge Porn,” Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) highlighted the need for a federal solution to address the scourge […]
Following NTSB East Palestine Meeting, Cantwell Renews Calls for Congress to Pass Bipartisan Rail Legislation
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, renewed her calls for Congress to pass the bipartisan Railway Safety Act following today’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) public hearing in East Palestine, Ohio, on its investigation into the cause of last year’s disastrous train derailment.
Sen. Cruz Asks Hatch Act Special Counsel to Investigate Biden’s Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Signs
Committee Probe Uncovers Admin Deliberately Hired Campaign Design Firm for Public Works Signage WASHINTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is requesting the U.S. Office of Special Counsel investigate the Biden administration’s requirement that states, localities, and even nonprofits seeking federal infrastructure grants display signs designed by the Biden campaign. […]
Ahead of Summer Olympic Games, Senate Commerce Presses World Anti-Doping Agency on Chinese Swimmers’ Doping Scandal
Senators’ letter follows NYT investigation that exposed how WADA allowed Chinese swimmers to compete during Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for banned drugs, Team USA to compete against same swimmers in Paris WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today sent a letter today to […]