House Commerce Committee
House Commerce Committee Leaders Announce Bipartisan Deal on Robocalls Bill
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) unveiled a bipartisan version of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices. The bill would:
House Commerce Committee Republicans Support House Democrats' Request for Bipartisan Net Neutrality Working Group
House Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection Ranking Member Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after 47 Democratic representatives – led by Reps Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Scott Peters (D-CA) – signed a letter to Democratic leadership looking to form a bipartisan working group to solve network neutrality.
House Commerce Committee Democrats Propose $40 Billion for Broadband Buildout In Newest Version of Infrastructure Bill
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and all 31 Democratic members of the committee introduced the the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s (LIFT) America Act, a comprehensive infrastructure package aimed at combating the climate crisis, expanding broadband internet access and protecting public health. (See
Bipartisan House Commerce Committee Leaders Urge Pai to Examine 5G Security
House Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.
House Commerce Committee Leaders Question Google on Precise Location Information Database
House Commerce Committee Leaders wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing their concern about reports of a massive database of precise location information on hundreds of millions of consumers, known inside Google as “Sensorvault, ” and requesting a briefing and answers on how this information is used both inside and outside the company. The letter was signed by Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.
Reps Pallone, Schakowsky want to know how FTC could boost privacy & data security enforcement if it received more funding
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to the Federal Trade Commission asking how it would use additional resources to protect consumer privacy and increase data security enforcement activity. The Committee leaders asked how the FTC would deploy resources under three different scenarios – if it received an additional $50, $75 or $100 million for consumer protection and privacy. Chairmen Pallone and Schakowsky requested responses from the FTC to a series of questions by April 3, 2019, including:
Chairmen Pallone, Doyle: FCC May Be Violating Federal Records Act
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.
Bicameral Democratic Leaders Unveil Save The Internet Act to Restore Net Neutrality Protections
Democratic leaders of the House and Senate unveiled the Save the Internet Act that will keep the internet open and free.