US Senate

Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) called on Arielle Roth, the recently confirmed Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), to fulfill her responsibility to fully implement programs authorized and funded by Congress—specifically, the Digital Equity Act and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Senator Luján urged Roth to make her first act as Administrator the immediate restoration of suspended digital equity grants and the release of approved federal funding to connect all New Mexicans to broadband.

Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Modernization, Accountability, and Planning (MAP) for Broadband Funding Act, to provide oversight of the Federal Communication Commission’s Broadband Funding Map to ensure it is functioning effectively for the public, federal agenc

Sens Edward Markey (D-MA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr about a “Fox & Friends” June 2024 interview in which then-Presidential Nominee Donald Trump was asked whether he would release the Epstein files if he were elected president. The network aired only a portion of President Trump’s answers, potentially misleading viewers about his intentions regarding those files. In July 2025, President Trump discounted the importance of the Epstein Files on Truth Social.

Following a ruling from a federal court that blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule, Sens Brian Schatz (D-HI) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Unsubscribe Act. The bipartisan bill would require companies to be more transparent about their subscription-based business models and make it easier for consumers to cancel their subscriptions once their free or reduced-price trial period has ended. The Unsubscribe Act would:

The Senate passed the Rural Broadband Protection Act. The bill, which Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) leads with Sen Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), would require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a more thorough vetting process to ensure that providers applying for federal funding are capable of delivering reliable broadband access to underserved, rural communities. Specifically, the FCC must conduct a rulemaking to develop a vetting process for applicants seeking funding under high-cost universal servi

Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen Edward Markey (D-MA) are demanding answers from the Trump administration about its use of artificial intelligence and other technologies to label people as a risk to U.S. national security. Sens Wyden and Markey called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to reverse the Trump administration's decision to expand its social media screening of visa applicants.

Sens Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the bipartisan Open App Markets Act. The Open App Markets Act would:

Senators Jim Banks (R-IN) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025. More than 600,000 veterans and 275,000 dependents use G.I. Bill education benefits. The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is working to modernize the program through the Digital G.I. Bill, but most communications are still sent on paper. This legislation would allow veterans to opt-out of receiving hard copy G.I. Bill documents in the mail and instead receive electronic correspondence from VA.