Washington, DC – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today approved by voice vote the following nominations pending before the Committee: · David Stone to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) · Albert Frink, Jr. to be Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services for the Department of Commerce · Brett […]
Washington, DC – Senator John McCain and Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee, Michael Powell sent the following letter to major broadcasters in the country calling for an increase in election news coverage and public affairs programming. The letter was sent to Peter Chernin of News Corporation, Edward Fritts of the National Association Broadcasters, Robert […]
Washington, DC — U.S. Senators George Allen (R-Va.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) today hailed full Senate passage of the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act (S. 150), legislation extending the ban on multiple and discriminatory taxation on Internet access and online sales. The legislation bans three types of taxes that […]
Washington, DC — The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today agreed by voice vote to issue a subpoena to obtain documents from the Department of Justice relating to information regarding possible use of banned performance-enhancing substances by U.S. Olympic sport athletes. Sen. McCain’s statement follows: “I continue to be keenly interested in curbing the […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today introduced, and the Senate passed by voice vote, a resolution that calls on Major League Baseball and its players to immediately adopt a legitimate drug-testing policy. This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that Major League Baseball’s current […]
Washington, DC – The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today adopted by voice vote, S. 2273, the Rail Security Act of 2004. Senators McCain (R-AZ) and Hollings (D-SC) introduced this bill on April 1, 2004. The Rail Security Act of 2004 would authorize additional resources for the purpose of securing our rail transportation system […]
Washington, DC – Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) today introduced the “Border Security and Technology Integration Act of 2004,” that would identify and address gaps in border infrastructure and enforcement. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Hilary Clinton (D-NY), Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). “Improving enforcement […]
Washington, DC – Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today applauded the passage of S. 275, The Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2004, by unanimous consent. The bill would establish the United States Boxing Commission (USBC), strengthen existing federal boxing laws, and provide uniformity in specific areas of the sport. […]
WASHINGTON- Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) today welcomed the introduction of a House companion bill to their Climate Stewardship Act. The Senators joined a bi-partisan group of 9 co-sponsors of the House bill at a press conference in the Capitol, where they expressed optimism about the gathering momentum on Capitol Hill for […]
In its recent opinion in McConnell v. FEC, the Supreme Court wisely noted that money, like water, is going to seek a way to leak back into the system. We already see that. Now that the parties have been taken out of the soft money business, there are efforts by political operators to redirect some […]