It was an honor to speak to #SamsungSolve for Tomorrow winners and finalists today about the importance of #InclusiveDesign with Interbrand Strategist and US Paralympic Bronze Medalist Anna Johannes

At today's Energy and Commerce Committee Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee hearing, Consumer Tech Association CEO Gary Shapiro questioned how many AM stations are regularly manned. During a train derailment in Minot, ND, police were unable to reach the local AM radio station! #NoAMRadioMandate

America is great because we do not use the government to protect antique technologies. #NoAMRadioMandate

CTA opposes AM Radio mandate for new cars and urges Congress to uphold consumer choice
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Did you know? AM & FM are the only radio that don't pay performers for their work. (Digital and streaming platforms pay performance royalties.) An #AMRadio mandate would condone this unfair system, allowing the broadcast industry to profit @ the expense of artists. #IRespectMusic

Is #AMRadio in ALL cars needed for emergency alerts? Per @FEMA, “the public is moving away from radio.” A Consumer Tech Association study post-a 2023 emergency alert system test found that 95% of Americans received the alert on their phone. Just 1% heard it via AM radio. #NoAMRadioMandate

U.S. automakers must compete for market share globally, and an #AMRadio mandate would add weight and cost to electric cars – putting American automakers at a disadvantage. Energy and Commerce Committee should reject mandates and keep American business competitive. #NoAMRadioMandate

Where consumers want AM radio, automakers will respond to that preference: that’s the market at work! Ultimately, that’s what we should all be advocating for: a free-market economy where Americans can decide what they want – not a heavy-handed #AMRadio mandate.

An #AMRadio mandate is especially inappropriate in service of an industry that has refused to invest in improvements to AM radio technology that would improve sound quality and reduce audible distortion – and instead sought government mandates to stay afloat.

On principle, Consumer Tech Association does not ask the government to fund our industry or mandate our products. We believe that marketplace competition, not dictates from the federal government, should determine which technologies thrive and grow. #AMRadio Energy and Commerce Committee

Congress shouldn’t mandate century-old technology in 21st century cars, simply to throw a lifeline to the declining AM radio industry. Check out my written testimony to Energy and Commerce Committee opposing an #AMRadio mandate. energycommerce.house.gov/events/innovat…

I’m honored to testify to Energy and Commerce Committee on the unneeded and unprecedented AM radio mandate. We believe American consumers, not radio broadcasters, should decide what entertainment technologies belong in their cars. #NoAMRadioMandate Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=0dxUl6…

Exciting week ahead at the Consumer Tech Association Healthfuture Summit!

Don't miss it! Tomorrow at 10:30 AM ET, CTA CEO Gary Shapiro will testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee on the unnecessary and unprecedented AM radio mandate. energycommerce.house.gov/events/innovat…

Sound familiar? ➡️ “They argue that requiring an FM chip in cell phones is necessary to preserve free, over-the-air radio. They also argue that the mandate is justified because over-the-air radio provides critical information in times of emergencies.” #NoAMRadioMandate

As we go into this week’s hearing on mandating AM radio in cars, a little déjà vu ➡️ Remember when they wanted to mandate FM chips in phones? Same arguments. Didn’t happen then. Shouldn’t happen now. #NoAMRadioMandate project-disco.org/competition/fu…

Such a wonderful evening! Thank you British Embassy Washington Dame Karen Pierce POLITICO for hosting Team CTA #WHCD

Powerful Computer & Communications Industry Association survey proves the relentless assault on American tech leaders by the FTC and EU would devastate the average state and local government employee pension plan member, costing them over $3,015. That doesn't help our workers or economy - why are we doing this?

#Innovations in #FoodTech are making waves in Europe with the first legally approved tasting of lab-grown meat.

CTA’s Doug Johnson on Connecticut Senate Bill 2, the proposal for comprehensive AI regulation at the state level – the costs, the impacts, and the tradeoffs vs. a national and innovation-friendly approach.