JAMES COMER, KENTUCKY CHAIRMAN
ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM 2157 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6143
MAJORITY (202) 225-5074 MINORITY (202) 225-5051
ROBERT GARCIA, CALIFORNIA RANKING MEMBER
September 24, 2025
Mr. Dara Khosrowshahi
Chief Executive Officer
Uber
1725 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA
Dear Mr. Khosrowshahi:
The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation is conducting oversight of corporate practices and the roles of federal agencies that may impact consumer safety. Recent reporting has highlighted that Uber receives a “report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes.”1 Specifically, news coverage states that “from 2017 to 2022, a total of 400,181 Uber trips resulted in reports of sexual assault and sexual misconduct in the United States,” a number significantly higher than the 12,552 cases previously disclosed by Uber.²
This reporting and the prevalence of incidents raises questions about how Uber identifies, responds to, and discloses incidents of sexual assault and sexual misconduct on its platform. The disparity between previously disclosed data and recent reporting raises concerns about the accuracy and completeness of safety data.³ The Subcommittee is particularly concerned that underreporting or delayed disclosure of such incidents could hinder policymakers, law enforcement, and the public from fully understanding the scope of the problem and making informed decisions.
This concern is not new. Sami’s Law, enacted in January 2023, required the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on the safety steps taken by ridesharing companies related to rider and driver safety. This GAO report, released in September 2024, found that currently available data “cannot fully describe the extent of assaults in [ridesharing] industries.”4
1 Emily Steel, Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem, THE NEW YORK TIMES (Aug. 6, 2025).
2 Id.
3 U.S. Safety Report, UBER, available at
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4 U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, GAO-24-107093, RIDESHARING AND TAXI SAFETY INFORMATION ON BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SAFETY FEATURES (September 2024).
