House Energy and Commerce Committee Archives

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 09: As Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-WA) looks on Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) questions during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee February 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)

Children’s privacy legislation advances through the Senate, but fight is brewing

Federal privacy legislation fails to gain momentum in the Senate.

Jul 27, 2022 By Tonya Riley

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Federal privacy legislation progresses, but concerns about data brokers loom

The latest version of the legislation still leaves loopholes for abuses of data including reproductive health data.

Jul 20, 2022 By Tonya Riley

People walk past the front of a T-Mobile retail store on August 18, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

T-Mobile breach climbs to over 50 million people

The breach has sparked lawmaker concern.

Aug 20, 2021 By Tonya Riley

Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) listens during the confirmation hearing for William Burns, nominee for Director of the CIA, before the Senate Intelligence Committee February 24, 2021. (Photo by Tom Brenner-Pool/Getty Images)

Senator hammers Facebook, Instagram over COVID-19 misinformation

Sen. Mark Warner says he is particularly disturbed about how Instagram's algorithm appears to be promoting vaccine misinfo.

Mar 26, 2021 By Tim Starks

Misinformation flooded Parler around Capitol insurrection, research finds

"Parler was a hotbed for misinformation publishers," the research found.

Feb 18, 2021 By Shannon Vavra

House Dems pressure tech giants over spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

The lawmakers have questions about what they're trying to do to fight it, and more.

Feb 2, 2021 By Tim Starks

Tim Rudolph, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center chief technology officer, moderates a panel discussion titled “It’s Raining Data Centers” at the MITRE Corporation complex in Bedford, Mass., in 2014. MITRE is under pressure from Congress to change the way it handles the CVE process. (U.S. Air Force / Jerry Saslav)

House panel rips CVE contracting and oversight policies

The industry-wide program for naming and documenting vulnerabilities suffers from fluctuating funding and insufficient oversight, according to a House panel.

Aug 27, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas

Lawmakers want to know how to mitigate cyber risk in medical devices

Replace the device? Patch the software? Lawmakers want to know how to protect legacy medical equipment from cyberthreats.

Apr 20, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee

AMD processor — AMD is among the companies that was sent a letter asking for more info on the Spectre and Meltdown flaws. (pixabay)

Congress wants answers on embargo of Spectre and Meltdown information

Top Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce want to know why top tech companies sat on the chip flaws for more than six months.

Jan 24, 2018 By Greg Otto

Lawmaker to HHS: Label software in medical devices

A national effort is needed to ensure that the owners and operators of medical devices, hospital IT networks and electronic health records management systems can find out what…

Nov 17, 2017 By Shaun Waterman