Senate Commerce Committee
Sen Cruz Unveils AI Policy Framework to Strengthen American AI Leadership
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a legislative framework designed to promote American leadership in artificial intelligence. The framework outlines five pillars to guide Congressional efforts on AI policy and proposes a light-touch regulatory strategy to make safe AI deployment easier in the United States while protecting against emerging risks. As part of the pillar’s first step, “Unleash American Innovation and Long-Term Growth,” Sen.
NPR and PBS Are Critical to Public Safety (Senate Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 06:14Ranking Member Cantwell Says Blackburn-Cruz AI Moratorium Amendment Does Nothing to Protect Kids and Consumers
Sen Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, spoke out against the last-minute deal between Sens Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on a proposed five-year moratorium on states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence. The deal comes as parents, school districts and states are fighting social media companies in court to stop them from pushing their harmful and addictive products on kids, and this provision will give Meta and TikTok a get out of jail free card.
10 Organizations, 10 Different Reasons to Oppose the 10-Year AI Moratorium (Senate Commerce Committee)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 06/30/2025 - 09:07New Cruz Budget Reconciliation Bill Same as the Old Cruz Budget Reconciliation Bill: Leverages BEAD Funding to Ban State AI Laws for 10 Years
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, criticized new reconciliation bill language released today by Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) which forces states receiving BEAD funding to choose between expanding broadband or protecting consumers from AI harms for ten years.
State Attorneys General Tell Congress: AI Moratorium Will Leave Consumers, Citizens Vulnerable to AI Fraud, Theft, Other Harms (Senate Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 06/19/2025 - 16:14Sen Cantwell Will Oppose Olivia Trusty for FCC Commissioner, Urges Colleagues to Join Her
Sen Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said she will oppose the nomination of Olivia Trusty to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, citing Republicans’ breach of the longstanding practice to advance both Republican and Democratic nominees, and their plan to auction spectrum used for national security and aviation safety. “I am opposing the pending nomination of Olivia Trusty to serve as a Commissioner on the FCC and will be urging my colleagues to do the same,” wrote Sen Cantwell in a letter to Majority Leader Thune. “Although I respect the nominee’s professional background, when
Sen Cantwell Sounds the Alarm About Dangers of Republican Plan to Auction Spectrum Essential to National Security, Aviation Safety and the Innovation Economy
Sen Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sounded the alarm about the dangers of the Republican plan to auction 800 megahertz of spectrum that is essential to national security, aviation safety and America’s innovation economy in a one-on-one conversation with Dr. Tom Karako, Director of the Missile Defense Project and Senior Fellow in Defense & Security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. During the discussion, Sen Cantwell and Dr.
Sen Cantwell, Commerce Committee Democrats Call for Regular Order on Dangerous and Damaging Commerce Title of Reconciliation Bill
We write to urge you to schedule a markup of the budget reconciliation text you released on June 5, 2025, instead of fast tracking these significant policies through a partisan floor process. If these policies are “bold and transformational” and will have an impact “for generations to come” as you argue, then they should be debated and considered through the regular order of our committee process.