Key Quotes from Today’s Hearing on Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation’s Motorcoach Passengers
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee hearing today on ensuring the safety of our nation’s motorcoach passengers.
Hutchison: Congress Must take Action to Improve Bus Safety, Save Passengers’ Lives
WASHINGTON, D.C.— During a Committee hearing today to evaluate the safety of American motorcoaches and to discuss ways to safeguard bus passengers, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, urged passage of legislation she has introduced to overhaul bus safety standards. “Bus safety is a critical transportation […]
Hutchison: Congress Must take Action to Improve Bus Safety, Save Passengers’ Lives
WASHINGTON, D.C.— During a Committee hearing today to evaluate the safety of American motorcoaches and to discuss ways to safeguard bus passengers, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, urged passage of legislation she has introduced to overhaul bus safety standards. “Bus safety is a critical transportation […]
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on the Safety of Our Nation’s Motorcoach Passengers
WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Americans travel to work, visit their families, or conduct business, they expect to arrive at their destinations safely and without incident. And whether they travel by plane, train, or bus, their transportation providers have a responsibility to make sure their equipment is safe and their operators and drivers are trained and rested.
Rockefeller Statement on FTC-Google Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV released this statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it reached a settlement with Google over the rollout of its Buzz social network:
Rockefeller Asks DOT for More Aggressive Child Car Seat Testing
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) today asked U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood to do more “to protect children from injury or death in car crashes.”
Rockefeller, Cantwell Fight Gas Pricing Fraud
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) today joined Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to fully utilize its authority to make sure that American consumers are paying a fair price for gas. Gas prices have spiked recently, hurting families from coast to coast and threatening economic recovery.
Rockefeller: DOT IG Report Confirms Flaws in Grassley-Issa Investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood expressing new concerns about an investigative report that the offices of Senator Charles Grassley and Chairman Darrell Issa released last September. The Grassley-Issa report alleged that senior Amtrak officials violated various federal laws when they “removed” former Amtrak Inspector General Fred Weiderhold from his post in June 2009. A new independent review of this matter, conducted by the Office of Inspector General, contradicts the central findings of the Grassley-Issa report and reveals other troubling errors and omissions in the report.
Rockefeller Statement on DCA Silent Air Traffic Control Tower
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV issued the following statement today following an incident at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) where two passenger jets were forced to land without clearance or guidance from the control tower.
Rockefeller Says Leave No Stone Unturned in Reviewing AT&T’s Buyout of T-Mobile
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today issued the following statement following the announcement that AT&T intends to purchase T-Mobile USA: