Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Curtis (R-UT) and Congresswoman Kuster (D-NH) introduced the Rural Broadband Protection Act to combat waste fraud and abuse in federal broadband programs. The Senate version of this bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Capito (R-WV) and Senator Klobuchar (D-MN) in 2023.
“Broadband access is critical to our modern-day economy and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, as Geographic Information System (GIS) users around the world showcase their work, Congressmen John Curtis (R-UT) and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) introduced a resolution officially designating November 15, 2023, as National GIS Day. The resolution encourages GIS users to continue to innovate and use GIS as a tool to analyze and address today’s societal challenges and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, as Geographic Information System (GIS) users around the world showcase their work, Congressmen John Curtis (R-UT) and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) introduced a resolution officially designating November 16, 2022, as National GIS Day. The resolution encourages GIS users to continue to innovate and use GIS as a tool to analyze and address today’s societal challenges… Read more »
Yesterday,
the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection
held a hearing on Congressman Curtis’s bill, the Informing Consumers About
Smart Devices Act.
“This common sense and bipartisan bill ensures consumers are aware
of the recording capabilities of items they are putting in their homes, while
also balancing flexibility for companies… Read more »
Yesterday, Reps. John Curtis (R-UT-03), Bob Latta (R-OH-5), Mike Doyle (D-PA-18), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ-01) introduced the Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act. Their bill would strengthen privately led efforts to trace back the origins of irritating and illegal robocalls while holding scammers and complicit bad actors accountable.
The Robocall Trace Back Enhancement… Read more »
Today, as Geographic Information System (GIS) users around the world showcase their work, Congressmen John Curtis (R-UT) and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) introduced a resolution officially designating November 17, 2021, as National GIS Day. The resolution encourages GIS users to continue to innovate and use GIS as a tool to analyze and address today’s societal challenges and drive economic… Read more »
Yesterday,
the House Energy & Commerce Communications and Telecommunications
Subcommittee discussed Representative John Curtis’ Federal Broadband Deployment in Unserved Areas
Act in a
key legislative hearing. The bill would streamline broadband deployment in
unserved areas and significantly enhance efforts to close the digital divide.
“I
frequently hear from constituents… Read more »
This week,
Representative Curtis introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Telehealth
Awareness Week Resolution alongside fellow member of the House Energy
& Commerce Health Subcommittee Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) and full
committee colleague Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH). The Resolution
designates the week of September 19 through September 25 as ‘Telehealth
Awareness… Read more »
This week, Representatives John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), House E&C Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Ranking Member, sent a strong message to Big Social Media Tech about underage users on platforms that violates terms of service. In letters addressed to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and owner of… Read more »
Today, Representatives John Curtis (R-UT) and Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced HR 3970—the bipartisan Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act— which will significantly increase internet access in rural America through needed regulatory easing. The legislation specifically requires federal agencies to… Read more »
