Committee Announces Markup on November 18
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive session on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building G50 to consider the following measures:
Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on the Manufacturing Industry and COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., chairman of the Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, will convene a hearing titled, “Examining the American Manufacturing Industry’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. The hearing will examine the American manufacturing industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the production of personal protective equipment, ventilators, and other equipment and goods essential to the nation’s public health efforts. This hearing will also focus on the ways in which manufacturers have adapted to new demand and related international competition issues.
Cantwell Condemns Election Interference and Misinformation Online, Calls for Increased Efforts to Protect Democracy & Public Health
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing with the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) condemned election interference and disinformation online and highlighted the importance of supporting efforts to stop such interference and to push back against COVID misinformation and disinformation, as well as the proliferation of online […]
At Hearing with Big Tech CEOs, Cantwell Defends Local Journalism, Presses Platforms on Unfair Practices
Cantwell to Google CEO Pichai: “Do you think that Google is taking ad revenue from these news sources in an unfair way?” Cantwell: “The free press needs to live and be supported by all of us” and we need to “make sure that they get a fair return on their value” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at a […]
Senate Commerce Committee Minority Report Calls Unfair Practices By Tech Companies A Threat To Local News
Report shows total newspaper revenue will have dropped by nearly 70% by end of 2020; the majority of the states have lost 50% of their newsroom workforce Congress/FTC should act to address unfair practices and assure fair competition for America’s most trusted news sources WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) […]
Cantwell: Rail System In Urgent Need of Relief, Workers Will “Pay the Price” If We Don’t See Aid
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcripts Amtrak ridership down 90 percent in Washington state; 30 percent of state’s Amtrak workforce already facing furloughs 14.8 million people – nearly 10% of U.S. labor force – employed in transportation sector WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, […]
Wicker Introduces Space Preservation and Conjunction Emergency Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Space Preservation and Conjunction Emergency (SPACE) Act. The legislation would authorize the Department of Commerce (DOC) to provide space situational awareness (SSA) services to civil, commercial, and international space operators.
Wicker Requests Facebook, Twitter Disclose Political Interactions Ahead of 10/28 Big Tech Hearing
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent letters to Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, Inc., and Jack Dorsey, Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, requesting the companies to disclose any interactions they have had with presidential candidates and their campaigns ahead of the Committee’s Big Tech hearing on October 28.
Committee to Hold Hearing with Big Tech CEOs on Section 230
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?,”at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28. The hearing will examine whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has outlived its usefulness in today’s digital age. It will also examine legislative proposals to modernize the decades-old law, increase transparency and accountability among big technology companies for their content moderation practices, and explore the impact of large ad-tech platforms on local journalism and consumer privacy. The hearing will provide an opportunity to discuss the unintended consequences of Section 230’s liability shield and how best to preserve the internet as a forum for open discourse.
Committee Announces Nominations Hearing
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. The hearing will consider presidential nominations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, and Federal Communications Commission.