DeMint, Nelson Announce Hurricane Prediction Hearing
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday at 2:30 p.m., Commerce Committee’s Disaster Prediction and Prevention Subcommittee Chairman Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Ranking Member Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), and will hold a hearing entitled “The Lifesaving Role of Accurate Hurricane Prediction.” The Disaster Prediction and Prevention Subcommittee has shared jurisdiction over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA). […]
Senate Approves Several Nominees
The Senate confirmed the following nominees, reported by the Senate Commerce Committee earlier this week, by unanimous consent. Phyllis Scheinberg to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer Joseph Boardman to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration Nancy Nord to be a Member of the Consumer Product Safety […]
Commerce Committee Approves “Junk Fax Prevention” Bill
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by unanimous consent the “Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005” (S. 714) introduced by Senator Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and co-sponsored by Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), John Sununu (R-N.H.), Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), and […]
Commerce Committee Approves
Transportation Safety Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by unanimous consent the “Surface Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005”, offered by Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee Chairman Trent Lott (R-Miss) and Full Committee Co-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii). This legislation includes four titles: Title I – Motor Carrier […]
Senate Confirms Dr. Michael Griffin to be NASA Administrator
At the request of Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the United States Senate this evening unanimously approved the nomination of Dr. Michael Griffin to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Senators Stevens and Inouye planned to consider the nomination at the Commerce Committee’s mark-up on […]
Co-Chairmen Stevens and Inouye Announce Subcommittee Rosters for the 109th Congress
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Chairman Stevens’ Telecommunications Op-ed for The Hill
Click here for a copy of Chairman Ted Stevens’ Op-ed
Transcript of Meeting with D.C.-based Alaska Press
(Contact: Melanie Alvord — (202) 224-8456) From time to time, we will make transcripts available to the press via email of interviews Senator Stevens has with the Alaska press based in Washington D.C. on issues related to the Commerce Committee. Below is such a transcript. This interview took place on Friday, January 7, 2005. Alaska […]