{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/chairman-hawley-invites-ceos-of-flock-competitors-to-testify-next-week/", "Chairman Hawley Invites CEOs of Flock, Competitors to Testify Next Week", "2026-09-18", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) invited the CEOs of four surveillance companies, including Flock Safety, to testify before Senator Hawley\u2019s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on September 23, 2026, in a hearing entitled \u201cAlways Watching: Flock\u2019s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network.\u201d This comes after Senator Hawley launched and expanded his investigation into AI-powered surveillance cameras amidst rising concerns about the threat that this technology poses to privacy and national security.\n\nSenator Hawley has invited the following CEOs to testify:\n\nGarrett Langley | Flock Safety\n\nRick Smith | Axon Enterprise\n\nGreg Brown | Motorola Solutions\n\nFilip Kaliszan | Verkada\n\nSenator Hawley\u2019s concern led him to write an op-ed in The Daily Wire after announcing an investigation into companies like Flock, which operates 120,000 AI-powered cameras across the United States. Senator Hawley raises concerns about how Flock\u2019s collection of citizens\u2019 data and personal information poses privacy threats and potentially violates existing laws.", 1, "2026-09-19T09:11:33Z", "2026-09-19T09:12:45Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/chairman-hawley-invites-ceos-of-flock-competitors-to-testify-next-week/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.167681697756052, "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"}