Hearing Summary – Combating Distracted Driving: Managing Behavioral and Technological Risks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on Combating Distracted Driving: Managing Behavioral and Technological Risks. Witness List: The Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation The Honorable Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Key Quotations from Today’s Hearing: […]
Hutchison Statement on Successful Ares-1-X Test Launch
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called the successful launch of the Ares-1-X test vehicle an important milestone for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). “Today’s successful launch of the Ares-1-X test vehicle is an enormous success for NASA and […]
Hutchison: Distracted Driving Issues Are Best Handled by States
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, said today during a Commerce Committee hearing that the problem of distracted driving is best addressed by individual states. Senator Hutchison recently joined Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to cosponsor legislation (S. 1938) to […]
Chairman Rockefeller’s Remarks on Combating Distracted Driving: Managing Behavioral and Technological Risks
WASHINGTON, D.C.—At this very moment, 11 percent of all drivers on the road are holding an electronic device: They are calling home on their cell phone or reading a text from a friend; they are sending an email to the office on their Blackberry or looking up directions with a GPS system. That amounts to […]
Rockefeller Statement on Northwest Airline Pilots Incident
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement today on Northwest Airlines (NWA) Flight 188, which overflew its destination airport, Minneapolis/St. Paul International by approximately 150 miles on October 22, 2009. The flight was out of contact with air traffic control (ATC) […]
Rockefeller and Lautenberg Introduce Comprehensive Distracted Driving Prevention Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, issued the following statement today after introducing comprehensive legislation (S. 1938) to address the nationwide problem of […]
Hearing Summary: Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Witness List: The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce […]
Commerce Committee Approves Nominees
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on and favorably reported the following nominations: Ms. Anne Ferro, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (PN 787); Ms. Cynthia Quarterman, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety […]
Chairman Rockefeller’s Remarks on Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Broadband can help us reinvigorate our communications networks in this new century. With these new networks we can make a difference in people’s lives—change education, improve health care, shore up business and employment opportunities, and foster a new and more democratic dialogue. These are all good things. That’s why I […]
Hutchison: Oversight of Broadband Funding In Democratic Stimulus Bill Inadequate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, said today that broadband funding oversight was inadequate during a hearing on the future of broadband service in the United States. “Current broadband oversight plans appear to be inadequate,” said Senator Hutchison. “I had significant concerns […]