{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/5/kosa/blackburn-blumenthal-announce-openai-endorsement-of-kids-online-safety-act-ahead-of-senate-hearing-on-landmark-social-media-verdicts", "Blackburn, Blumenthal Announce OpenAI Endorsement of Kids Online Safety Act Ahead of Senate Hearing on Landmark Social Media Verdicts", "2026-05-13", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal(D-Conn.) released the following statements announcing a new endorsement from OpenAI for their Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). Later today, Senator Blackburn, who serves as the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, will lead a hearing examining why landmark social media verdicts demand federal action to protect kids online.\n\nYesterday, Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal joined a rally at the U.S. Capitol with parents who are urging Congress to pass KOSA. During the rally, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) promised he would advance the legislation out of committee and help get it signed into law by the end of the year. 86% of Americans want Big Tech companies to be held accountable for their role in the social media addiction crisis.\n\n\u201cEvery Big Tech company should be willing to work with Congress to ensure America\u2019s children are safe on its platforms, and we welcome OpenAI\u2019s support for the Kids Online Safety Act,\u201d said Senator Blackburn. \u201cLip service won\u2019t save lives \u2013 Congress must take action to establish guardrails in the virtual space. I look forward to chairing a hearing on why the verdicts in California and New Mexico should spur Congress to hold Big Tech accountable for exploiting children to turn a profit.\u201d\n\n\u201cA few weeks ago, juries in New Mexico and California legally recognized that American families have known: social media companies are hurting children,\u201d said Senator Blumenthal. \u201cToday, OpenAI\u2019s endorsement adds to the overwhelming recognition even by Big Tech itself that it\u2019s time to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. Increasingly the only people opposed to this bill are Mark Zuckerberg and his lobbyists. It\u2019s time for anyone left in his camp to choose the right side of history and join us.\u201d", 1, "2026-05-14T06:11:37Z", "2026-05-14T06:12:56Z"]], "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://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/5/kosa/blackburn-blumenthal-announce-openai-endorsement-of-kids-online-safety-act-ahead-of-senate-hearing-on-landmark-social-media-verdicts"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7309308275580406, "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"}