New GAO report finds rising costs and weak FCC oversight WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report requested by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that found the Universal Service Fund (USF) operator is burning through cash with only minimal government oversight of its budget. […]
Letter questions FTC’s use of a fringe, left-wing legal theory and controversial data method to guess individuals’ race for enforcement actions WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is seeking information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) following an alarming report that the FTC is suing U.S. companies for millions […]
Full commission to vote on George Soros’s purchase of Audacy’s nationwide radio network, broadcasting licenses WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to reverse course and honor Sen. Cruz’s request that the Soros Fund Management takeover of Audacy be thoroughly […]
Letter requests body-camera footage, after-action reports, and measures to prevent future violence, vandalism WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is demanding answers from the director of National Park Service (NPS) regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s failure to deploy adequate resources to prevent the pro-Hamas riot at Union Station last month. […]
Instead of connecting Americans, Internet Czar Harris and admin created billion-dollar slush fund to saddle BEAD with left-wing agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is demanding answers about a nearly billion-dollar administrative slush fund that the Biden-Harris administration took from a program meant to help connect Americans to […]
Letter follows refusal by Dem FCC Commissioners to abide by commitments made in sworn testimony to Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent letters to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington in the wake of their Democrat colleagues’ refusal to abide by their […]
Sen. Cruz demands answers on DOT diverting money from undersea cable protections to DEI program WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to Maritime Administration (MARAD) Rear Adm. Ann Phillips, demanding answers on why the Biden-Harris administration chose to defund the Cable Security Fleet (CSF) program while […]
Approps language comes on heels of Cruz-Cantwell probe into World Anti-Doping Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement about the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Act. The FSGG bill includes a provision that Sen. Cruz had […]
Bill based on Committee probe that found online service providers weaponize terms of service agreements to silence customers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) this week introduced legislation to prevent Big Tech from silencing and denying customers access to business […]
Tech companies, law enforcement, business groups, and victim advocacy orgs call on Congress to swiftly pass bipartisan bill to protect, empower victims of deepfake revenge porn WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act has received widespread support from tech industry leaders, law enforcement, victim advocacy […]