Cruz Investigation Reveals How the Biden Administration Weaponized CISA to Police Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released an investigative report revealing how the Biden administration transformed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) into an agent of censorship pressuring Big Tech to police speech.
Cantwell Calls on Sinclair Broadcasting to Return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to the Air
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), today wrote to Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO Christopher S. Ripley, calling on him to immediately reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live! to Sinclair’s KOMO-TV in Seattle and its affiliates across the country.
Sens. Cantwell, Schumer, Markey Introduce Legislation to Shield Americans’ Brain Data From Exploitation
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), announced they will introduce the Management of Individuals’ Neural Data Act of 2025 (MIND Act) which directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to examine how “neural data” — information from brain activity or signals that can reveal thoughts, emotions, or decision-making patterns — and other related data should be protected to safeguard privacy, prevent exploitation, and build public trust as neurotechnology rapidly advances.
ICYMI: “Will AI’s Future be American?”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) published an op-ed in RealClearWorld today emphasizing how the U.S. must win the AI race with China so that AI is infused with western, not authoritarian, values.
In Appearance on Morning Joe, Cantwell Defends Freedom of the Press, Demands FCC Chairman Carr Testify Before Commerce Committee
This morning, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – which oversees the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – joined MSNBC’s Morning Joe in the wake of ABC’s firing last week of comedian Jimmy Kimmel, to defend freedom of speech, freedom of the press and to demand that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testify before the Commerce Committee as soon as possible. On Friday, Sen. Cantwell sent a letter to Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) calling for Chairman Carr to appear before the Committee.
Chairman Cruz Urges President Trump to Advocate for Raising the Pilot Retirement Age
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to President Trump on Friday encouraging the United States to use its leadership at the 42nd General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) this week to push to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age.
Cantwell Leads Commerce Committee Democrats in Demanding FCC Chairman Carr Testify
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, led Democratic Committee Members Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ben Ray Luján, (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) in a letter to Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) requesting the Chairman call Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to testify before the Committee following his threats to use the regulatory power of the FCC to compel ABC to fire comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
WTAS: Industry Leaders, Policy Experts Back Chairman Cruz’s AI Policy Framework and SANDBOX Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Key voices from academia, the policy world, and tech sector have endorsed Chairman Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) new legislative framework for AI policy. The framework includes the Strengthening Artificial intelligence Normalization and Diffusion By Oversight and eXperimentation or SANDBOX Act, which is designed to drive AI advancements while ensuring transparency and regulatory guardrails.
‘We Must Do Both:’ Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz Talks AI Acceleration, Risk Management at Axios and Politico Summits
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week joined Axios and Politico’s AI summits to discuss his new framework for AI policy, what’s at stake in the AI race, and the legislation he has passed and proposed to keep kids safe online.
Commerce Committee Democrats Decry Carr’s Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel
U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which oversees the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Committee, Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and all Democratic members of the Committee sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr demanding that he immediately stop threatening media organizations over content the Trump Administration does not like, in violation of the First Amendment.