WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing, titled “Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation,” Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) emphasized the need to secure American leadership in AI innovation and adoption. He highlighted AI’s vast potential to improve quality of life, create high-skilled jobs, and bolster U.S. global competitiveness.| U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) 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.| U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Field of Streams: The New Channel Guide for Sports Fans” on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST. The hearing will examine the policy questions raised by the changing ways Americans are watching live professional sports on television, particularly how traditional over-the-air broadcasts are increasingly supplemented...| U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C -- U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a database identifying over 3,400 grants, totaling more than $2.05 billion in federal funding awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) during the Biden-Harris administration. This funding was diverted toward questionable projects that promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.| U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee Executive Session on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EST to consider the following nominations and legislation:| U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), members of the Commerce Committee, today introduced the bipartisan Future of AI Innovation Act, which lays the foundation to maintain U.S. leadership in the global race to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.| U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
