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May 21 2026

Joint Economic Committee Leaders Raise Anti-Scam Efforts with Major Telecommunications Companies

U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ) and Ranking Member Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today urged three major telecommunications companies to strengthen their anti-scams efforts. Chairman Schweikert and Ranking Member Hassan requested detailed information from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon about their current strategies to identify and curb scams. Their outreach follows testimony from administration officials and key experts at a bipartisan Committee hearing in March that focused on the threats posed by well-resourced, ever-evolving criminal scam operations.

May 15 2026

UPDATE: Following Hassan Investigation, Additional Data Broker Makes It Easier for People to Protect Their Personal Data

The Joint Economic Committee - Minority announced today that, following a Congressional investigation, Findem, a data broker, has updated its data collection opt-out processes to make it easier for people to protect their personal data. Findem’s actions occurred after an investigation by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, into the challenges that consumers face from data brokers and their convoluted opt-out practices, as well as the overall role of data brokers in preventing breaches and related scams.

May 13 2026

JEC Ranking Member Hassan Releases Response to the Economic Report of the President

Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, announced today the release of the Minority portion of the Committee’s annual response to the Economic Report of the President. The Committee is required by law to submit findings and recommendations in response to the Report, which is prepared and released each year by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

May 07 2026

NEW: Americans Have Paid $25 Billion More for Gas Since Start of Iran War, Surpassing Total Cost of War Itself

Today, the national average gas price rose to $4.558 per gallon, which is 53 percent higher than before President Trump began his illegal war with Iran on February 28. With this latest increase, the Joint Economic Committee – Minority found that families have now paid more than $25 billion more for gas since the war began. This exceeds the total cost of the Iran War itself thus far, per the Department of Defense, although that number does not fully account for damage to U.S. bases.

May 07 2026

NEW DATA: Trump Tariffs’ Impact on Small Business Jobs & Revenue

The Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued a report today on the impact of President Trump’s tariffs, which have driven up costs and triggered economic uncertainty for America’s small businesses. The report includes new Committee data, including that the smallest businesses lost 4.5 times more jobs in 2025 than during the pandemic in 2020. This report comes during National Small Business Week, which runs from May 3 – 9, 2026.

May 04 2026

NEW: U.S. Local Businesses & Communities Hit by Declining Tourism, Job Losses Under President Trump

The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released a report today that details ways that President Trump’s tariffs and other actions have led to a fall in both domestic and international tourism to American communities and the impact that has had on local businesses. The report includes new data, including that 2025 marked the first decline in hotel and lodging sector jobs since the pandemic. The report comes ahead of the annual National Travel and Tourism Week, which begins on May 3.

Apr 23 2026

NEW REPORT: President Trump’s Tariffs Crush Small Manufacturers, Threaten U.S. Economy and National Security

The Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued a report today that details the ways in which President Trump’s reckless tariffs have inflicted harm on the small businesses that make up the American manufacturing base. In his inauguration speech, President Trump promised to make the U.S. “a manufacturing nation once again.” Yet more than a year into his second term, the Trump administration’s policies have done the opposite – resulting in a loss of more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs and a significant decline in small manufacturers’ profit margins.

Apr 16 2026

Senator Hassan Presses Leading AI Voice Cloning Companies to Prevent Exploitation by Scammers

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), as part of her comprehensive investigations into scams as Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, today pressed four companies with leading AI voice cloning services to increase efforts to prevent the exploitation of their products by scammers. Senator Hassan requested information from ElevenLabs, LOVO, Speechify, and VEED about what steps the companies currently take to deter scammers from abusing their tools to defraud Americans.