{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pallone.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-presses-us-airlines-answers-surveillance-pricing", "Pallone Presses U.S. Airlines for Answers on Surveillance Pricing", "2026-08-12", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Frank Pallone, Jr.", "P000034", "pallone.house.gov", "pallone", "https://pallone.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested details from the eight major U.S. airline companies as part of the Committee\u2019s ongoing inquiry into corporate surveillance pricing practices.\n\n\u201cI am very concerned about companies potentially using Americans\u2019 personal data to determine what prices they see and pay, and I am continuing an inquiry into just how widespread this practice is,\u201d Pallone wrote. \u201cConsumers deserve to know if businesses are using their personal information to manipulate the prices they pay or experiment with algorithms to set the prices they see.\u201d\n\nIn May, Pallone launched a Committee inquiry into surveillance pricing with an initial round of letters to 25 major corporations, including information on whether they\u2019re using surveillance pricing based on consumers\u2019 personal data to charge customers different prices for the same goods, particularly for online shopping.\n\nThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) defines surveillance pricing as a form of personalized dynamic pricing where companies use a consumer\u2019s online data\u2014location, demographics, browsing history, shopping habits, or device type\u2014to set individualized prices, often charging higher amounts based on an inferred willingness to pay.\n\n\u201cThe airline industry specifically has faced several public allegations of surveillance pricing,\u201d Pallone continued. \u201cOne study found that an airline boosted its own revenue by as much as six percent by leveraging AI pricing based on consumer information, an increase that comes at the expense of consumers. Lawsuits have been filed against airlines alleging the use of consumers\u2019 information to set prices and in 2025, an airline came under scrutiny after appearing to announce that they were implementing artificial intelligence to assist with pricing.\u201d\n\nRanking Member Pallone wrote to the following companies and requested answers by August 25, 2026:\n\nAlaska Airlines\n\nAmerican Airlines\n\nDelta Air Lines\n\nFrontier Airlines\n\nHawaiian Airlines\n\nJetBlue Airways\n\nSouthwest Airlines\n\nUnited Airlines\n\nFull text of the letter is available HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-14T06:13:05Z", "2026-08-14T06:14:08Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://pallone.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-presses-us-airlines-answers-surveillance-pricing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7353727705776691, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}