Rep. Glenn Ivey

From a verified voter in College Park, MD

Close the regulatory gap for commercial orbital illumination systems

I am writing to urge Congress to address a significant gap in federal oversight of novel commercial space activities, particularly satellites designed to reflect sunlight back toward Earth at night. Current agencies regulate only parts of these missions. The FCC regulates communications and spectru

From a verified voter in College Park, MD

Congress should limit expedited removal to 100 miles from the border

I urge Congress to amend 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(1)(A)(iii) to limit expedited removal authority to its historically narrower use: people apprehended within 100 miles of the border and within a short period after unlawful entry, such as 14 days. Congress created expedited removal in 1996, but the statut