Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement on Options from the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I want to thank Mr. Augustine for testifying before the Subcommittee today and I want to express my gratitude to him and the other 9 members of the Human Space Flight Plans Committee for their service. The task of examining NASA’s human space flight plans in a mere 90 days is not an easy one. As the committee states in its Summary Report, […]
Chairman Rockefeller: Co-ops Are Not An Alternative to a Public Option
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after receiving responses from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) on the proposed health care co-op plan under consideration by the Senate […]
Hearing Summary – Aviation Safety: The Hudson River Midair Collision and the Safety of Air Operations in Congested Space
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a subcommittee hearing today on Aviation Safety: The Hudson River Midair Collision and the Safety of Air Operations in Congested Space. Witness List: The Honorable Christopher Hart, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board Rick Day, Senior Vice President, Operations, […]
Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement on Aviation Safety: The Hudson River Midair Collision and the Safety of Air Operations in Congested Airspace
WASHINGTON, D.C–While the safety of our air transportation network has increased dramatically, several eye-opening incidents over the past few years are a serious reminder: We have more work to do. We cannot afford to be complacent. In recent years, the aviation industry has changed rapidly, and the federal government must keep pace. At […]
Rockefeller Fights for West Virginia Surface Mining
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson on the EPA’s request to suspend or revoke the already approved surface mining permit for the Spruce Number 1 Mine in Logan County. Senator Rockefeller sent a copy […]
President Recognizes Commerce Committee Whistleblower Hearing in Joint Address to Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In President Obama’s Joint Address to Congress this week, he spoke of the need for health care reform, citing a former insurance executive who testified to the tactics used by insurance companies to cut off consumers and increase profits. This reference was to Wendell Potter, a former insurance executive from CIGNA, who testified before […]
Rockefeller’s Statement for 9/11 Remembrance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, submitted the following statement into the Congressional Record as America observes the eighth anniversary of 9/11: Eight years since one of the most devastating attacks in our nation’s history, we still feel the pain […]
Governors Declare Support for Hutchison Bill to Jam Illegal Prison Cell Phones
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twenty of the nation’s governors released a letter declaring support for bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, to allow prisons to block calls from contraband cellular phones. The twenty governors urged Congress to swiftly pass Senator Hutchison’s legislation, the […]
Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Senate Passage of the Travel Promotion Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, made the following statement today regarding the Senate’s passage (79-19) of the Travel Promotion Act: “The Travel Promotion Act is important economic development legislation and I am extremely pleased to see it pass the Senate. The […]
Hutchison: America on the Verge of Losing Advantage in Space
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voiced her strong concerns that the United States was on the verge of losing its advantage in space after the initial summary of the Human Space Flight Review panel was released. “For the past forty years, […]