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Press Releases 02/20/2025
Cruz, Cantwell Announce Commerce Subcommittee Rosters for 119th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) have announced the Subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress.
Press Releases 02/20/2025
DOT Deputy Secretary Nominee Steven Bradbury Commits to Safety, Efficiency, and Reform at Senate Commerce Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the Senate Commerce Committee today, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary to the Department of Transportation, Steven Bradbury, outlined his plans to address key issues facing the Department. During his nomination hearing, Mr. Bradbury shared his commitment to supporting DOT’s safety and efficiency mission by upholding legal authorities, collaborating with Congress, enhancing aviation safety, advancing regulatory reforms, and ensuring transparency.
Press Releases 02/19/2025
Sen. Cruz: Spectrum Pipeline Means Faster Internet, More Jobs, Stronger National Defense
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled “America Offline? How Spectrum Auction Delays Give China the Edge and Cost Us Jobs,” Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised the alarm on the urgent need to auction spectrum to preserve America’s global technology leadership, protect national security, create millions of jobs, and improve the lives of American consumers. Spectrum auctions have unlocked billions for the Treasury while enabling our nation’s wireless networks to deliver better connectivity, fueling the rise of breakthroughs from the iPhone to generative AI.
Press Releases 02/18/2025
Senate Commerce Announces Nominations Hearing for Michael Kratsios to Lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Mark Meador to Serve as a Federal Trade Commissioner
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing for Michael Kratsios, nominee to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Mark Meador, nominee to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, at 10:00 AM EST on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
Press Releases 02/18/2025
Chairman Cruz Announces Commerce Committee Staff Updates for 119th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, announced staff promotions and senior staff positions for his committee office for the 119th Congress.
Press Releases 02/18/2025
Cruz Congratulates Howard Lutnick on Senate Confirmation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Mr. Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Secretary of Commerce, by a vote of 51 yeas to 45 nays. Previously, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), voted to advance Mr. Lutnick’s nomination to the full Senate by a vote of 16–12.
Press Releases 02/14/2025
Sen. Cruz Announces Boeing CEO Will Testify Before Senate Commerce Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced the committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, April 2 at 10:00 AM EST. The hearing will examine the steps taken at Boeing to address its production and safety issues following the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident last year and the FAA safety review.
Press Releases 02/13/2025
Sens. Cruz, Peters Introduce Bill to Help Astronauts Safely Reacclimate Following Missions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) today introduced the bipartisan Astronaut Ground Travel Support Act, legislation that would provide transportation of government astronauts before they receive medical clearance to drive. Currently, astronauts returning from space, but aren’t medically cleared yet to drive, must either get written approval from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator to allow NASA to transport them or find an alternate means of transportation for medical appointments and other post-flight activities until medically cleared.
Press Releases 02/13/2025
Cruz-Klobuchar Bill to Protect Teenagers from Deepfake ‘Revenge Porn’ Unanimously Passes the Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate unanimously passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which was introduced by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). The legislation criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII (or “deepfake revenge pornography”), and requires social media and similar websites to implement procedures to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from a victim.
Press Releases 02/13/2025
Sen. Cruz: Lutnick Is the Forward-Thinking Leader Focused On Jobs We Need at the Department of Commerce
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today took to the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to support Howard Lutnick’s nomination to be U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Lutnick previously passed the Commerce Committee with bipartisan support by a roll call vote of 16-12.