Rockefeller & Hutchison Applaud Senate Passage of Coast Guard Authorization Act
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), today applauded Senate passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 (H.R. 3619).
Hutchison Profoundly Disappointed with FCC Chairman’s Efforts to Reclassify Broadband Services
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today expressed her disappointment in Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s decision to reclassify broadband services under an outdated regulatory framework. During a committee hearing last month, Senator Hutchison told Chairman Genachowski that if the FCC reclassified broadband without a directive from Congress, and without a thorough analysis of the facts and the potential consequences to investment, the legitimacy of the agency would be seriously compromised.
Hearing Summary – America Wins When America COMPETES: Building a High-Tech Workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on America Wins When America COMPETES: Building a High-Tech Workforce.
Hutchison Plans Legislation to Promote Innovative Texas Program to Prepare Math and Science Teachers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing today on building a high-tech workforce, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Committee, said that she plans to introduce legislation to encourage colleges and universities to adopt an innovative program started in 1997 at the University of Texas at Austin, called UTeach, as a way to better prepare secondary science, math and computer science teachers.
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on America Wins When America COMPETES: Building a High-Tech Workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Earlier this year, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, I met with a group of science and math teachers.
Chairmen Rockefeller & Waxman Urge FCC to Protect Broadband Consumers and Implement the Broad Objectives of the National Broadband Plan
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), on the recent opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Comcast Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission.
Rockefeller Rallies for STB
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, spoke at the Consumers United for Rail Equity’s (CURE) sixth annual Rail Customer Day urging passage of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization Act of 2009, Chairman Rockefeller’s bill to increase rail competition, improve shippers’ access to regulatory relief, and strengthen the STB’s oversight of the rail industry.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT – The Hill – Hutchison and Kosmas: Bipartisanship Key for the Future of Space Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Representative Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.), a member of the House and Science and Technology Committee, together authored an opinion piece in the Hill Newspaper on the future of NASA. May 5, 2010The Hill — Bipartisanship key for […]
Chairman Rockefeller and Commerce Committee Members Unveil Auto Safety Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Mark Pryor, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, along with other Commerce Committee members, today introduced legislation, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010, to improve vehicle safety standards to better protect drivers and bolster the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) resources, authority and expertise.
Chairman Rockefeller Rallies for STB Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statement in advance of Rail Customer Day, which will be held in Washington, D.C., tomorrow.