Rockefeller Applauds Department of Commerce Plan to Foster Healthy Entrepreneurial Growth and Innovation in the 21st Centruy
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee issued the following statement regarding Commerce Secretary Gary Locke’s efforts to energize entrepreneurship by creating the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This aggressive plan to harness the Commerce Department’s […]
Hearing Summary: Nominations Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on nominations. Witness List: Ms. Anne Ferro, Administrator-Designate, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation Ms. Cynthia L. Quarterman, Administrator-Designate, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation Key […]
Hutchison Pushes Bus Safety Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today questioned Anne Ferro, President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, on the need to improve the nation’s bus safety standards. Earlier this year, Senator Hutchison introduced legislation to overhaul and dramatically increase […]
Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement on Today’s Nominations Hearing
I congratulate our two nominees, Anne S. Ferro and Cynthia L. Quarterman, selected by President Obama to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). I also want to thank the nominees for choosing to enter public service and working to make our highways, pipelines, […]
Rockefeller and Hutchison Introduce Bipartisan Public Safety Communications Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and Ranking Member, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, issued the following statement today after introducing legislation that would extend the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) grant program. The PSIC grant program provides funding for state projects that arm public […]
Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Preserving the Open Internet
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 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking on net neutrality regulations: “An open Internet has been key to expanding economic, education, and healthcare opportunities to consumers and […]
Hutchison: FCC’s Net Neutrality Mandates Will Stifle Innovation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voiced strong concerns about Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement that the Commission will pursue new net neutrality regulations, noting that they could impede investment and innovation of new technologies. Senator Hutchison introduced an […]
Chairman Rockefeller Statement on the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Interim Report released today by the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force: “The Blue Economy – jobs and economic opportunities that emerge from our oceans, Great Lakes, and coastal resources […]
Hearing Summary: Options from the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a subcommittee hearing today on Options from the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. Witness List: Mr. Norman Augustine, Chairman of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Key Quotations […]
Hutchison: America’s Space Program at a Critical Stage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voiced concerns about the future of ’s space program during a Commerce Committee hearing on the recent report on the challenges facing the nation’s long-term human space flight programs. “America is at a critical stage in […]