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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today warned that the rapid deployment of AI combined with politically-driven consolidation of major media and technology companies poses a serious threat to the first amendment and to freedom of the press at today’s hearing on government censorship. Sen. Cantwell called out the failure of Chair Cruz to bring FCC Chair Brendan Carr before the Committee despite Carr’s use of regulatory threats to try to silence voices that do not support President Trump’s agenda.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the below opening statement at the second in a series of Republican hearings allegedly focused on government censorship and the First Amendment. Despite FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s blatant use of regulatory threats against ABC and its affiliates if they didn’t suspend comedian Jimmy Kimmel, Chair Cruz has refused to call him to testify before the committee of jurisdiction. The hearing featured Neil Potts, Vice President of Public Policy at Meta, Markham Erickson, Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google, Will Creeley, Legal

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Committee-members Sens. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Jacky Rosen (Nev.) wrote to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz strongly opposing a proposed November 6 nomination hearing that would include John DeLeeuw to replace National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Vice Chair Alvin Brown. Mr. Brown was illegally removed from his position by President Trump earlier this