{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=1D371A5D-437D-47E5-8988-8C703A66C39F", "Passed by the Senate: Fischer\u2019s Bill to Strengthen U.S. Telecommunications Against Foreign Adversaries", "2025-10-27", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Deb Fischer", "F000463", "www.fischer.senate.gov", "fischer", "https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "The U.S. Senatepassed Senator Deb Fischer\u2019s (R-Neb.)Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency (FACT) Actto help strengthen America\u2019s telecommunications against foreign adversaries.\n\n\u201cWith the Senate passage of myFACT Act, we marka crucial step in the mission to secure America\u2019s tech and telecommunication markets from foreign adversaries. We cannot allow adversarial regimes like communist China and Russia to infiltrate our communication networks and undermine our people and country, which is why I introduced and shepherded this bill through the Senate. I\u2019m grateful for the bipartisan support of my colleagues, and I look forward to getting this bill to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law,\u201dFischer said.\n\nBackground on theFACT Act:\n\nTheFACT Act would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publicly identify entities that hold FCC licenses, authorizations, or other grants of authority that are owned, wholly or partially, by foreign adversarial governments. This includes the governments of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.\n\nUntil now, there has been no mandated public disclosure of companies linked to foreign adversaries operating within U.S. technology and telecommunication markets.\n\nAlthough the FCC is prohibited from granting licenses or authorizations deemed a national security threat, some entities with ties to adversarial foreign governments continue to hold certain approvals. As a result, more transparency is necessary.\n\nClick here to read the text of the bill.\n\nPermalink: https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2025/10/passed-by-the-senate-fischer-s-bill-to-strengthen-u-s-telecommunications-against-foreign-adversaries", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=1D371A5D-437D-47E5-8988-8C703A66C39F"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5558761078864336, "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"}