Cars aren't tested properly for women's safety. Congress is trying to fix that.
April 1, 2025
Maria Weston Kuhn was on vacation with her family in Maine when a head-on car crash changed her life. Kuhn and her mother, both in the back seat, were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.
The seatbelt Kuhn wore pinned her intestines to her spine. After emergency surgery and a hospital stay, Kuhn, then 19, had to take a semester off from school to recover. Yet even though her father and brother were closer to the site of impact, they walked away with only scratches.
SENATORS BRITT, HICKENLOOPER COSPONSOR SHE DRIVES ACT, BIPARTISAN BILL TO MAKE CARS SAFE FOR WOMEN
November 21, 2024
Amidst an intensely partisan lame-duck session, Senators Britt and Hickenlooper joined a growing coalition of Senators from both sides of the aisle to support the She Develops Regulations in Vehicle Equality and Safety (She DRIVES) Act, S. 4299, and finally end the fatal gender-based discrimination in car safety testing.
Kelly Clarkson Celebrates International Day of the Girl
October 11, 2024
In celebration of International Day of the Girl, Kelly Clarkson hears from several young women in the audience and around the world who are making a difference for girls in their communities.
BIPARTISAN MOMENTUM CONTINUES TO BUILD FOR THE SHE DRIVES ACT, A BILL TO MAKE CARS SAFE FOR WOMEN
October 7, 2024
[Washington, D.C.] – At a time of partisan gridlock and infighting, the bipartisan She Develops Regulations in Vehicle Equality and Safety (She DRIVES) Act, S. 4299, is gaining momentum on both sides of the aisle. In recent days, Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee Chair Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senate President Pro Tempore and Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), to cosponsor the She DRIVES Act. This bill would require that the Department of Transportation (DOT) incorporate the most advanced female crash test dummy in car safety testing, strengthening automotive safety standards for every body on the road.