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Press Releases 07/30/2024
Cantwell Calls for “Root Cause” Analysis of FAA Lapses in Oversight of Boeing, Aviation Manufacturers
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker on Saturday requesting the FAA conduct a root cause analysis to determine any deficiencies in its own oversight of aviation manufacturers.
Press Releases 07/29/2024
Tech Leaders, AI Innovators Underscore Importance of AI Safety Institute Ahead of Committee Consideration of Cantwell-Young Future of AI Innovation Act
Leading tech organizations, companies and safety policy advocates from across the artificial intelligence (AI) community wrote Commerce Committee leaders today urging passage of the Cantwell-Young Future of AI Innovation Act that would codify the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Press Releases 07/25/2024
Cantwell Probes Union Pacific Railroad Following Interference With Federal Audit of Company’s Safety Culture
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent a letter yesterday to the President of Union Pacific Railroad, Beth Whited, regarding its efforts to manipulate the results of a recent Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) safety culture audit by “coaching” employees across the company to provide certain responses to safety surveys and to report all interactions with FRA safety inspectors to company leaders.
Press Releases 07/25/2024
Kids Online Privacy Protections – Finally – Set to Pass Senate
Today, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to advance the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), clearing the way for final passage next week.
Press Releases 07/24/2024
Cantwell Statement on FTC Action Into Concerning Surveillance Pricing, Calls for Comprehensive Privacy Law
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, released the following statement yesterday after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued orders to eight companies requesting information about their products and services that use personal data to set individual prices for consumers. The orders seek information about the potential impact these practices have on privacy and consumer protection:
Press Releases 07/24/2024
Paris 2024 Olympics Mark First Games Where Team USA Women Athletes Are Guaranteed Equal Pay Thanks to Cantwell-Capito Law
When the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics begin this week, the games will mark the first in which women and men athletes competing on Team USA are guaranteed equal pay and benefits in their sport, under the Equal Pay for Team USA law authored by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).
Press Releases 07/24/2024
Cantwell Joins GMA3 to Talk About Delta’s Network Meltdown
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, appeared on GMA3 to talk about Delta Air Lines’ technological and customer communications problems in the wake of last Friday’s CrowdStrike IT outage.
Press Releases 07/23/2024
Amid Delta’s Network Meltdown That Still Has Passengers Stranded, Cantwell Reminds Airline To Comply With Law
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent a letter to Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian regarding the airline’s operational and customer communications problems in the wake of Friday’s CrowdStrike IT outage.
Press Releases 07/11/2024
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.
Press Releases 07/11/2024
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.