Jay and Sharon Rockefeller Mourn the Loss of Senator Robert C. Byrd
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jay Rockefeller and his wife, Sharon, today joined West Virginians and people across the country in remembering the life and legacy of Senator Robert C. Byrd.
Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement on Senate Confirmation of TSA Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed John S. Pistole to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
Hearing Summary: Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation’s Pipelines
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee hearing today titled Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation’s Pipelines.
Hutchison: We Must Focus on Safety of Nation’s Oil and Gas Pipelines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said it was important to focus on the safety of the nation’s oil and gas pipelines during a Commerce Committee hearing on pipeline safety. “The ongoing Deepwater Horizon crisis in the Gulf is an urgent safety […]
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation’s Pipelines
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Over 2.5 million miles of pipeline transport natural gas, oil, and other materials across our country, supplying energy that helps power our factories, heat our homes, and fuel our cars, trucks, and planes.
Hearing Summary – Universal Service: Transforming the High-Cost Fund for the Broadband Era
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today titled Universal Service: Transforming the High-Cost Fund for the Broadband Era.
Hearing Summary – Innovation in America: Opportunities and Obstacles
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Subcommittee hearing today titled Innovation in America: Opportunities and Obstacles.
Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Senate Confirmation of Nominees to Key Science, Transportation and Safety Posts
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement today after the full Senate confirmed sixty-four Obama administration nominees, the largest package to move through the Senate chamber this year.
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Innovation in America: Opportunities and Obstacles
WASHINGTON, D.C.—American democracy, American financial markets, and American education have all made our nation and our economy the most innovative in the world.
Hutchison Strongly Supports John Glenn Statement on NASA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said she strongly supports former Ohio Senator and astronaut John Glenn’s statement highlighting the risks of relying only on the Russian Soyuz vehicles for American access to the International Space Station. Senator Hutchison has consistently stated that any compromise between the Constellation program and the President’s budget proposal should include a short-term extension of the shuttle program in order to protect the nation’s $100 billion investment in the space station. She noted that additional shuttle flights would sustain and utilize the space station to conduct ground-breaking research and help maintain the primary justification for continuing America’s human space flight capability.