Cantwell Applauds House Introduction of Rail Safety Legislation
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, applauded today’s House introduction of the Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024, led by House Transportation and Infrastructure Railroad Subcommittee leaders Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) and Rep Seth Moulton (D-Mass.).
Experts Warn Senators AI is Upping the Urgency for Federal Privacy Law
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, convened a hearing this morning with legal, policy and private sector privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) experts to explore how the rapid advancement of AI is accelerating the urgency to pass a federal privacy law.
Cantwell Opening Remarks at Hearing on AI’s Acceleration and the Need to Protect Americans’ Privacy
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the following opening remarks at today’s hearing on how AI is accelerating the need to protect Americans’ privacy.
Cantwell, Blackburn, Heinrich Introduce Legislation to Increase Transparency, Combat AI Deepfakes & Put Journalists, Artists & Songwriters Back in Control of Their Content
Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), member of the Commerce Committee, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate AI Working Group, introduced the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (COPIED ACT), to combat the rise of harmful deepfakes.
Sen. Cruz: Attempts to Regulate the Totality of the Internet Will Hurt US Prosperity, Global Competitiveness
In opening statement at hearing on AI and Data Privacy, Cruz calls for balance of privacy and innovation WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled “The Need to Protect Americans’ Privacy and the AI Accelerant,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) highlighted how the Biden administration’s executive actions on […]
Cantwell Urges Congress to Act on PBMs, As New FTC Report Reveals Prescription Drug Middlemen are Inflating Drug Costs
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an interim report showing that prescription drug middlemen are profiting at the expense of patients, inflating drug costs and squeezing local pharmacies. After reviewing the report, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, urged her colleagues to pass her bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act that would hold these middlemen accountable.
FCC Report Shows Urgency to Pass Spectrum and National Security Act
Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel called on Congress to provide support to small and rural broadband providers struggling to remove and replace unsecure Chinese network equipment after a new FCC report found 40% of Rip and Replace program participants lack funding to complete the work.
Sen. Cruz Opens Investigation into Big Tech Funding Salaries of Biden Admin. Officials
Companies may be exploiting the Intergovernmental Personnel Act program to shape AI policy WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has opened an investigation into Big Tech companies’ funding of Biden administration staff salaries through an obscure program. Last October, President Biden issued an executive order directing federal agencies to […]
Sen. Cruz, Reps. Roy, Castro Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Coalition of Lawmakers in Support of Direct Flight from SAT-DCA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) are leading a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of Texas lawmakers in urging Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to allocate San Antonio International Airport (SAT) one of the new long-haul, round-trip flights to Ronald Reagan Washington […]
Sen. Cruz Leads Senate Republican Colleagues in Urging EPA to Reject California’s Attack on Railroads
32 Senators object to California Air Resources Board Waiver rule that would increase rail costs and harm consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently led a letter with 31 of his Senate Republican colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan voicing their objection to a California […]