A routine Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday took a dramatic turn when U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., accused colleague Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, of crossing a privacy line by collecting vehicle identification numbers from cars belonging to Democratic staff members.

The tense exchange quickly became the focus of the hearing, surfacing deep divisions over privacy, safety and the ongoing government shutdown.

Moreno began the confrontation by stating, “Would it surprise you that I obtained the VIN numbers of all of my Democratic colleagues’ cars and discovered that none of them have invested in the additional safety features on their vehicles?” He claimed they’d rather mandate the features from afar than purchase them for Americans when, he claimed, they declined to purchase thos

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