Senate Commerce Republicans

Official news and updates for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, led by Chairman @SenTedCruz

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

📽️ RECAP: The Protect College Sports Act is the nation's best chance at safeguarding the future of collegiate athletics.

Watch our recap from yesterday's press conference below:

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

.@LeaderJohnThune is right. The Senate has already passed the Protect College Sports Act, now it’s time for the House to do its job.

@SpeakerJohnson - Let's bring the bill to the House floor, hold the vote, and get this done to save college sports!

[Special Report @SpecialReport]

BOUND BY SUPERMAJORITIES: "That works both ways... We just sent the Protect College Sports legislation over there, and I’m hoping we will send permit reform over there, neither of which they have passed in the House."

"It’s easier to pass things in the House—it’s a simple majority. When it comes to the Senate, it takes a supermajority for most controversial legislation, unless we do it through reconciliation... I served in the House for three terms. I love to send stuff to the Senate and then blame the Senate. That’s a normal pretty exercise around here." @LeaderJohnThune

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

⚡️ NEW: Tonight, the Senate unanimously approved the bipartisan, bicameral Weather Act - a comprehensive weather forecasting bill.

More than a dozen bipartisan bills are in the Weather Act, including Chairman @SenTedCruz's @NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act, which upgrades weather radio equipment to make broadcasts of emergency notices during severe weather more reliable and accessible nationwide.

This bill, along with many other measures in the Weather Act, came about in response to gaps identified after the deadly July 2025 floods in Texas’s Hill Country.

To read more, see here ↓
https://t.co/8HQjnFktrG

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee sent a letter urging the House of Representatives to pass the Protect College Sports Act, which passed overwhelmingly in the Senate. We must get this done to preserve college sports for all student athletes.
@USOPC_News

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

🚨 A coalition of New York Division I colleges and universities sent letters to members of the New York delegation in the House of Representatives, calling for the swift passage of the Protect College Sports Act.

@SyracuseU @Canisius_Univ @FordhamNYC @HofstraU @LeMoyne @ManhattanEdu @Marist @NiagaraUniv @StBonaventure @StJohnsU @SienaUniv @stonybrooku @UBuffalo @WagnerCollege

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Latest letter from Randy Levine to House members encouraging them to pass the Protect College Sports Act

[Senator Jerry Moran @JerryMoran]

As we near the two-year anniversary of the deadly DCA crash, I spoke on the Senate floor urging Congress to pass aviation safety legislation to address the series of failures that led to the accident.

There is bipartisan support for improving safety.

The time for delay is over.

[David Shepardson @davidshepardson]

.@DanielleThumann says she supports Jawbone Act https://t.co/1FL6VP8KxQ

[CSPAN @cspan]

Confirmation hearing: Nominees for the Department of Transportation, FCC and NASA testify at.@senatecommerce @commercedems – LIVE online here: https://t.co/Rkz4X0rTbC

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

Tune in now! ⬇️
https://t.co/sH3QPN3enO

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

🚨 NEW: Chairman @SenTedCruz will convene a hearing to consider nominations for the @USDOT, the @FCC, and @NASA at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
https://t.co/6qf5qPpEyv

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

For more than two decades, Commander Jesse Millard has answered the call to serve our country in the U.S. Coast Guard. His record of distinguished service and leadership speaks for itself and is reflected in the respect of his colleagues.

Commander Millard deserves to be judged on the facts— not on political ideology or false accusations.

Chairman @SenTedCruz is speaking about this now on the Senate Floor. Tune in here: https://t.co/VHj6PY44FI

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

Last December, the Senate unanimously passed Chairman @SenTedCruz's bipartisan ROTOR Act and nearly 2 years after this tragic accident, safety loopholes remain.

Aviation Subcommittee Chairman @JerryMoran is right— the time to pass aviation safety legislation is NOW.

[Senator Jerry Moran @JerryMoran]

We are fast approaching the 2nd anniversary of the deadly aviation crash at DCA. Productive negotiations have taken place between the House & Senate. Congress should finish its work & pass an aviation safety bill.

More in my @KCStar piece.⬇️https://t.co/BYjHsT31eZ

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

🚨 NEW: Chairman @SenTedCruz will convene a hearing to consider nominations for the @USDOT, the @FCC, and @NASA at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
https://t.co/6qf5qPpEyv

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

Investors deserve transparency, not deceptive practices that put political agendas over financial interests.

Chairman @sentedcruz is pressing Glass Lewis and ISS for answers about their customer shareholder recommendation practices and potential conflict-of-interest policies to ensure clients’ interests come first.

See the letters below.

[Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis]

NEW: @SenTedCruz is demanding answers from proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS after they opposed a series of corporate moves to Texas, including ExxonMobil's: (GIFT link) https://t.co/pMB0YAQpFb

[Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz]

Thanks to Senator Susan Collins, @SenateCommerce will mark up the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act when the Senate returns in November.

@SenatorCollins’s leadership has been instrumental in advancing this bill to protect Maine’s lobstermen from burdensome regulations. I hope we can move this bill without changes or further delay to put on President Trump’s desk ASAP.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

It was a great day at the White House with President Trump and the talented crew of Artemis III 🇺🇸

The Artemis III crew is led by Commander Randy Bresnik, Pilot Luca Parmitano, and Mission Specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio with Bob Hines backing them up.

It is clear @POTUS is the force behind a new era of American leadership in space. His policies include the Artemis program, the Artemis Accords, now signed by 78 nations, and the United States Space Force. Of course, the United States Space Academy is coming soon.

With the resources provided to @NASA in the WFTCA, we were able to approach our return to the Moon the right way. We added the Artemis III mission and will now be able to establish humankind’s first outpost on another world, the Moon Base, with its first robotic mission just weeks away.

We are rebuilding the workforce and core capabilities at NASA Centers, taking control of our destiny--we are building again. With SR-1 Freedom, we will finally get America underway on nuclear power in space, what should be the dawn of a Nuclear NASA.

I am grateful every day to serve as NASA Administrator and to see the talent across our workforce, industry, and international partners changing the world. Together, we are leading the way on the greatest adventure in human history.

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: NASA's Anil Menon and @csa_asc's Joshua Kutryk are setting up a new solar array outside the @Space_Station. Today's spacewalk is scheduled to start around 8am ET (1200 UTC) and run for about six and a half hours. https://t.co/xoJPYWty9Z

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

ICYMI: President Trump has officially signed @RepPfluger’s Mystic Alerts Act into law, helping ensure Americans will receive life saving alerts in an emergency, even if cell networks go down.

Chairman @SenTedCruz championed this legislation through the Commerce Committee. Read more ⬇️

[Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz]

Sen. Cruz Issues Statement After President Trump Signs Emergency Alerts Legislation into Law

https://t.co/kHvTDfodjN

[Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz]

Sen. Cruz Issues Statement After President Trump Signs Emergency Alerts Legislation into Law

https://t.co/kHvTDfodjN

[Senate Commerce Republicans @SenateCommerce]

🚨 ICYMI: President Trump has officially signed Chairman @SenTedCruz's Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act into law.

Red snapper is one of the most well-managed and profitable fish in the Gulf, but illegal fishing by Mexican lanchas puts law-abiding U.S. fishermen and seafood producers at a competitive disadvantage. Now that this bipartisan bill is law, it will allow federal and state law enforcement officers to utilize technology that determines the country of origin for certain species of fish, and confiscate any such illegally caught fish before sale in the United States.

Read more about the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act here ↓
https://t.co/iVxP58GLyF