Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement on the Nomination of John S. Pistole to Lead TSA

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 White House announced its intent to nominate John S. Pistole to be Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration).

Senate Approves Rockefeller-Hutchison Amendment to Preserve FTC’s Core Consumer Protection

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate today approved an amendment sponsored by Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member on the Committee, to preserve the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) core consumer protection functions.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT – NASA’s Constellation gets big boost in Senate

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT – Houston Chronicle NASA’s Constellation gets big boost in Senate “Backers of NASA’s Constellation program scored a significant victory Thursday by winning the Senate Appropriations Committee’s support to block the Obama administration from terminating any part of the $108 billion back-to-the-moon program before October.  The maneuver was pushed by Sen. […]

Rockefeller Sends Results of Debt Settlement Industry Investigation to 56 Attorneys General

WASHINGTON, DC — Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent letters to 56 Attorneys General alerting them to the results of a recent Committee investigation which found that debt settlement companies engaged in fraudulent, deceptive and abusive practices that were harmful to consumers.

Hutchison: “America Demands More From President’s NASA Plan”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today expressed her disappointment in the Obama Administration’s proposal for NASA during a Commerce Committee hearing on the future of U.S. human space flight.

Rockefeller: Consumers’ Health Insurance Premium Dollars Should Pay for Care, Not Maximize Insurer Profits

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter today to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Commissioner Jane Cline, the Chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) expressing his concern that health insurance companies are trying to weaken the consumer protections in the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision included in health care reform.