Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security

The Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security is responsible for consumer affairs and consumer product safety; product liability; property and casualty insurance; sports-related matters; consumer privacy and data security protection, and international data transfer issues. The subcommittee conducts oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), and the Office of the Secretary of Commerce. 

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Related Press Releases & Hearings

Press Releases 01/27/2023
Cantwell, Grassley Continue Fight Against Skyrocketing Drug Costs
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), senior member of the Senate Judiciary and Finance committees, continued to press for transparency and fairness in the prescription drug market, partnering again on legislation to hold pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) accountable for opaque and often deceptive practices that contribute to high drug prices for consumers. Sen. Cantwell successfully advanced the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act through the Commerce Committee in June and vowed to keep fighting until it becomes law.
Press Releases 01/25/2023
Sens Cruz, Cantwell and Reps Curtis, Moulton Introduce Consumer Protection Bill on Recording Smart Devices
Press Releases 01/25/2023
Sen. Cruz Demands Answers on Biden Administration’s Efforts to Ban Gas Stoves
Press Releases 01/5/2023
President Biden Signs Cantwell-Capito Equal Pay Bill Into Law, Historic Win for Women’s Equality in Sports
Today, President Biden signed the Cantwell-Capito Equal Pay for Team USA Act into law, ensuring all athletes who represent the United States in global competition – like the World Cup, Olympics and Paralympics – receive equal pay and benefits – regardless of gender.
Press Releases 12/19/2022
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: House Members Urge Leadership to Bring Cantwell-Capito Equal Pay for Team USA Act to the Floor for a Vote
On Friday, U.S. House Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) and Nancy Mace (R-SC-1) led a bipartisan group of representatives in a letter to House leadership, urging them to bring the Equal Pay for Team USA Act, which passed the Senate unanimously earlier this month, to the House floor for a vote before the end of the 117th Congress.
Press Releases 12/12/2022
During the World Cup, Cantwell, Capito Equal Pay for Team USA Bill Passes Senate Unanimously; Journey to Equal Pay in Sports Closest It’s Ever Been
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Equal Pay for Team USA Act, led by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), that would ensure equal pay for all Americans who represent the United States in global athletic competitions, like the World Cup and Olympics, regardless of gender. The bill must now pass the House.
Press Releases 12/8/2022
Wicker Calls for New Hearing on Big Tech Censorship
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent a letter to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, chair of the Committee, urging her to hold a hearing on the state of free speech on social media before the end of the 117th Congress. This urgent request follows the release of the “Twitter Files,” which revealed internal communications from Twitter’s content moderation team that confirmed the tech giant had been coordinating with the Biden campaign to take down posts and that there was no defensible basis for censoring a report from the New York Post on Hunter Biden.
Press Releases 11/18/2022
Cantwell, Cruz Co-Author Consumer Protection Bill on Recording Smart Devices
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, introduced the Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act.
Press Releases 11/15/2022
Cantwell Wants Children’s Online Privacy Bills Passed During Lame Duck
Today, Commerce Committee spokesperson Tricia Enright provided the following statement regarding Chair Cantwell’s full support for efforts to pass Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) during the lame duck session.
Press Releases 10/27/2022
On CPSC 50th Anniversary, Cantwell Highlights Action to Protect Children From Residential Elevator Hazards
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, recognized the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the decades of work to protect American consumers from dangerous and deadly products, including this year’s long overdue actions to protect children from hazardous residential elevators.