U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today reintroduced the Telecommunications Skilled Workforce Act, legislation to address the shortage of trained workers necessary to fill next-generation jobs in the telecommunications industry... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today questioned Secretary of Commerce nominee Gov. Gina Raimondo (D-R.I.). Thune pressed her on her outlook concerning broadband availability for rural America, spectrum management, and her stance on the incorporation of innovative approaches to... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today highlighted yesterday’s “Betting on the Rest: Expanding American Entrepreneurship Outside Traditional Hubs” subcommittee hearing, which focused on examining where venture capital is being invested in this country. During the hearing, Thune questioned industry... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., ranking member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., ranking... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today led a hearing titled “An Evaluation of FirstNet’s Progress,” to examine the efforts the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T have made deploying a nationwide public safety broadband network. During the hearing,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, Deb. Fischer, R-Neb., chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., today introduced the Setting an American... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today discussed the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to address some of the issues surrounding Section 230 and user-generated content sites, like consumer... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today led a hearing titled, “The PACT Act and Section 230: The Impact of the Law that Helped Create the Internet and an Examination of Proposed Reforms for Today’s Online World,” to examine online platforms’ content moderation... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today led a hearing titled, “The State of Spectrum Policy,” to examine the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) role in spectrum management and policymaking. During the hearing, Thune... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), authors of the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, today issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) “report and order” to establish safe harbors from liability for voice service providers that block unwanted robocalls. It... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which has jurisdiction over technology and consumer protection, today introduced the E-SIGN Modernization Act, legislation that would streamline how consumers consent to receiving electronic documents like bank statements,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, today joined Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), ranking member of the subcommittee, in introducing the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, new bipartisan legislation to update Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The... Continue Reading
