Senators Curtis and Schiff sent a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig requesting answers following recent reports that prediction market operator Polymarket used deceptive marketing tactics to promote gambling-style products to U.S. audiences. In their letter, the senators argue that the alleged conduct underscores growing concerns that prediction markets are functioning more like gambling than legitimate financial instruments.

Senator Curtis cosponsored bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Britt and Blumenthal to combat the rapid and concerning rise in youth gambling. The Gaming Advertisement to Minors Enforcement Act would prohibit social media companies and other advertising websites from targeting minors with sports betting through online advertising.

Senators Curtis, Kelly, Hyde-Smith, Luján, and Schiff introduced the Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act, bipartisan legislation to help communities and forest managers remove byproducts of forest thinning operations that counterintuitively increase wildfire risk.