Sens. Cruz, Thune Release Statement on Looming Expiration of Spectrum Auction Authority
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today released the following joint statement ahead of the March 9th expiration of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority: “With the […]
Sen. Cruz: Gigi Sohn Is an Extreme Partisan Who Lacks the Impartiality and Candor Necessary To Sit On FCC
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing to consider the nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) detailed Ms. Sohn’s lengthy record of extremism, poor ethics, bad judgment, and disdain for Congress. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, as […]
Sen. Cruz Launches Sweeping Big Tech Oversight Investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to social media companies Meta, Google, Twitter, and TikTok launching an oversight investigation into these companies’ use of recommendation algorithms and their reported use of “blacklists,” […]
Sens. Cruz, Graham, Lee, Cotton Raise Political Censorship Concerns with DirecTV’s Decision to Drop Conservative News Network Newsmax
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today sent a letter to the CEOs of DirectTV and its controlling shareholders, AT&T and TPG, voicing deep […]
Wicker Calls for New Hearing on Big Tech Censorship
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent a letter to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, chair of the Committee, urging her to hold a hearing on the state of free speech on social media before the end of the 117th Congress. This urgent request follows the release of the “Twitter Files,” which revealed internal communications from Twitter’s content moderation team that confirmed the tech giant had been coordinating with the Biden campaign to take down posts and that there was no defensible basis for censoring a report from the New York Post on Hunter Biden.
Wicker Statement on FCC Broadband Maps
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) draft broadband availability maps. These new maps are a result of Wicker’s Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act, which required the FCC to strengthen its broadband data collection and mapping process to help deploy broadband more accurately to underserved and unserved communities across the nation.
Wicker Endorses U.S. Candidate for ITU Secretary General
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statement in support of Doreen Bodgan-Martin, the U.S. candidate for secretary general of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The ITU is the specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international information and communication technologies.
Senate and House Members Introduce PLAN for Broadband Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and U.S. Representatives Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., today introduced the Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act. The legislation requires the President to develop a national strategy to close […]
Wicker Statement at “Future of Spectrum” Subcommittee Hearing
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, yesterday participated in a Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing titled “Future of Spectrum” to discuss the importance of spectrum management and auction authority.
Wicker: Democrats’ Reckless Tax Will Hit Americans’ Phones
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statement regarding the Democrats’ recent tax and spending reconciliation package: