Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., wants hearings to force AT&T and Verizon to disclose how they’ve responded to the hacks to protect telecom networks.

The newly proposed federal privacy framework comes with protections for biometric data and against discrimination.

“[T]here is no effective way to control these tools absent intervention by regulators and Congress,” the lawmakers said of data brokers.

The HACKED Act is the work of the top Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee.

Operators of the nation’s 2.7 million miles of pipelines have grappled with cybersecurity risk as their infrastructure becomes more digitized.

The legislation would give the National Guard a bigger role in defending everything from election systems to dams from cyberattacks.