WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee issued the following news release:
Today, with a vote of 74-24, the Senate cleared a key procedural hurdle to move to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S.4668), setting the stage for the bill to move through the Senate. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the lead Republican sponsor of the legislation, spoke about the bill on the Senate floor ahead of the vote.
Chairman Cruz on the floor stated: "Today is a chance for us to stand up and fight for the half million college athletes who are competing right now because, if the Senate doesn't act, hundreds of thousands of those students will see their roster slots go away and th...