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Cruz, Democrats push back on FCC move to lift ownership cap

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to allow for more consolidation in local television, a move that got pushback from Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz over the role of Congress in changing the television ownership cap. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr announced plans Wednesday to vote to…

Congress Moves To Make Tech Companies Pay For AI Data Centers' Strain On Power Grid

Congress Moves To Make Tech Companies Pay For AI Data Centers' Strain On Power Grid

Lawmakers are pushing utilities to shift the cost of grid upgrades to data center operators instead of households and small businesses.

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In the spotlight: Morgan Griffith - Roll Call

In the spotlight: Morgan Griffith - Roll Call

The new chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health subcommittee brings to the role a focus on opioid policy.

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Is TikTok A Threat? Why Congress Is Freaking Out Over Alleged Data Collection

Elected officials from both sides of the aisle have grown concerned with social media app TikTok and the and user data it collects

FCC’s spectrum auction authority nears March expiration

WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are working to avert a lapse next month in the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum as Congress seeks a more lasting plan that could pay for a number of telecommunications priorities.

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Lawmakers stumble on data privacy as another tech CEO to testify

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are set to meet next month with the CEO of TikTok at a hearing to probe whether one of the most popular apps in the world shares Americans’ data with China and whether it harms young children, the latest face-off between members of Congress and the…

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers stumble on data privacy as another tech CEO to testify - Roll Call

With TikTok's CEO set to testify before a committee next month, Congress has struggled to fashion data privacy legislation.

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Election deniers get fresh cash from tech firms as they end bans

Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the U.S. Capitol assault and gave money to reelect lawmakers who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory, according to filings reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers will face familiar technology issues next Congress

WASHINGTON — The 118th Congress will face some long-standing policy challenges as well as a few new ones but may not get to the finish line on any of them — even the federal data privacy bill that has bipartisan backing in both chambers.

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers will face familiar technology issues next Congress - Roll Call

Lawmakers will face familiar technology issues next Congress - Roll Call

Bipartisan support isn't enough to get bills through Congress. The 2023 agenda includes several tech bills left unfinished 2022.

Advocates, industry push data privacy bill in lame-duck session

WASHINGTON — Privacy advocates and industry groups are urging lawmakers to get a bipartisan federal data privacy bill passed soon: either early in the new Congress or even in the remaining weeks of the lame duck session.

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Advocates, industry push data privacy bill in lame-duck session - Roll Call

Advocates, industry push data privacy bill in lame-duck session - Roll Call

Supporters of a data privacy bill hope Congress will pass legislation early in the next Congress or even in the lame-duck session.

Texas Democrats in Congress balance climate concerns and fossil fuel constituencies as they consider landmark bill

The handful of Texas Democrats who have a penchant for defending the state’s oil and gas industry includes members of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee and representatives from some of the top oil producing, refining and transporting regions of the state.

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Halting backdoor government snooping seen as key to data privacy

WASHINGTON — As the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a federal data privacy bill last week, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee were looking to plug a gap in the law that allows government agencies to conduct broad surveillance without obtaining warrants or subpoenas to do so.

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Halting backdoor government snooping seen as key to data privacy

Lawmakers say government purchases of data from private companies violates the Fourth Amendment and are looking to close the gap.

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Oil company executives called to hearing on gas price increases

WASHINGTON — The top executives of six oil companies have been called to appear at an April hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in connection with elevated gasoline prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Oil company executives called to hearing on gas price increases - Roll Call

Executives of six oil companies have been called to appear at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee over gas price hikes.

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