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Don’t Tread on Our TRAX: Curtis, Lee Bill Gives Transit Environmental Review Back to States

Senators Curtis and Lee introduced bipartisan legislation today to improve transit project timelines and quality by restoring the responsibility for environmental reviews back to state agencies from the federal government. The Streamline Transit Projects Act is cosponsored by Senators Kelly, and Warnock and endorsed by Utah Transit Authority, Wasatch Front Regional Council, and the American Public Transportation Association.

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CURTIS AND MERKLEY WORK TO CODIFY TAIWAN SIX ASSURANCES

Today, Senators Curtis and Merkley introduced the Six Assurances to Taiwan Act, a bipartisan bill to formally codify the Six Assurances as foundational U.S. policy toward Taiwan, reinforce congressional oversight, and prevent any unilateral change in America’s longstanding position without legislative review.

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CURTIS, KELLY INTRODUCE ALGORITHM ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

Senators Curtis and Kelly introduced legislation to modernize online protections and hold social media companies accountable for harms caused by content pushed by their algorithmic feeds. The bill, the Algorithm Accountability Act, amends Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 to impose a duty of care on the companies that utilize recommendation-based algorithms.

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Highs and Lows: Big Beautiful Bill

Hello! And welcome to a special, early edition of Highs and Lows in time for the 4th of July. Well, the Big Beautiful Bill gets the attention this week. Let me tell you the high. I kept saying in the House that one of the reasons to be in the

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Highs and Lows: Another Special Guest in D.C.

Time for highs and lows! My high this week was having another special guest out in Washington: my wife, Sue! We celebrated her birthday, and my staff and I were actually able to give her a surprise party. In just a couple of weeks, Sue and I will have been

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