United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security explained

The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security is a subcommittee within the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. It was formerly named the Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security before getting its current title at the beginning of the 117th United States Congress.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security is responsible for consumer affairs, consumer protection, and consumer product safety; product liability; property and casualty insurance; manufacturing and workforce development; sports-related matters; and data privacy, security, and protection. The subcommittee also conducts oversight on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), as well as manufacturing and trade related matters within the Department of Commerce.

Members, 118th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	John Hickenlooper, Colorado, Chair Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Brian Schatz, Hawaii Ed Markey, Massachusetts Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Peter Welch, Vermont	valign=top	Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, Ranking Member Deb Fischer, Nebraska Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Dan Sullivan, Alaska Jerry Moran, Kansas Ted Budd, North Carolina Todd Young, Indiana
Ex officio
valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington	valign=top	Ted Cruz, Texas

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Historical subcommittee rosters

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Chair Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Brian Schatz, Hawaii Ed Markey, Massachusetts Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico	valign=top	Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, Ranking Member John Thune, South Dakota Roy Blunt, Missouri Jerry Moran, Kansas Mike Lee, Utah Todd Young, Indiana
Ex officio
valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington	valign=top	Roger Wicker, Mississippi

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	Jerry Moran, Kansas, Chair John Thune, South Dakota Deb Fischer, Nebraska Dan Sullivan, Alaska Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Mike Lee, Utah Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Todd Young, Indiana	valign=top	Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Brian Schatz, Hawaii Ed Markey, Massachusetts Tom Udall, New Mexico Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona Jacky Rosen, Nevada
Ex officio
valign=top	Roger Wicker, Mississippi	valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington

Notable activities

2021 Facebook whistleblower hearing

Following the 2021 Facebook leak controversy, the subcommittee under then-chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) held a hearing titled "Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower". Held on October 5, 2021, the hearing featured testimony from Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager who disclosed tens of thousands of internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and The Wall Street Journal.^[2]

During the hearing, Haugen testified that the social media platform has harmed young users' mental health and facilitated the spread of dangerous misinformation. Haugen's testimony was praised by a bipartisan group of Senators, including Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee.^[3]

External links

• Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security

Notes and References

1. Web site: Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security.
2. News: Mac . Ryan . October 5, 2021 . Who is Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistle-blower? . . 5 October 2021.
3. News: Slotnik . Daniel E. . 2021-10-05 . Whistle-Blower Unites Democrats and Republicans in Calling for Regulation of Facebook . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-02 . 0362-4331.