Rockefeller Statement on FCC E-Rate Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today issued the following statement on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to raise the E-Rate program’s funding cap. “The E-Rate program is one of the most successful and consequential technology and education initiatives ever […]
Commerce Committee Nominations Hearing Postponed
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,and Transportation’s nominations hearing scheduled for Tuesday, November 18,2014, at 2:30 p.m. has been postponed until further notice. ###
House and Senate Republicans Warn FCC Against Regulating Internet Like a 20th Century Monopoly
WASHINGTON, DC—House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Michigan) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member John Thune (R-South Dakota) today led Republicans on their respective committees in writing to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission’s consideration of regulations that would impose 20th century common carrier rules on […]
Thune Statement on President’s Net Neutrality Announcement
SIOUX FALLS, SD—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement on the president’s call for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 to craft additional net neutrality regulations: “The president’s call for the FCC […]
Rockefeller Statement on Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today issued the following statement after President Obama urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality. “I have repeatedly called on the FCC to use its full statutory authority […]
Rockefeller Praises DOT Action to Give Consumers Reliable Information About Cruise Vacations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today issued the following statement after U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the launch of a new federal website that will for the first time give consumers a reliable one-stop resource where they can […]
Rockefeller Raises Questions Over WhisperText’s Privacy Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today raised questions over the privacy practices of the web-based social media application “Whisper,” after media reports alleged that WhisperText LLC had violated its own privacy policies after promising users that the application is the “safest place […]
Rockefeller Statement on Retirement of John Pistole
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today released the following statement after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole announced his retirement. “As a friend of Administrator John Pistole, I am sorry to hear he will be moving on from the Transportation Security […]
Rockefeller Statement on Major Cramming Settlement Between AT&T, FTC, FCC, and 51 Attorneys General
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Attorneys General of all 50 states and the District of Columbia announced that they had reached a settlement with AT&T over […]
Rockefeller, McCaskill, Booker Press NCAA’s Big Five Conference Schools for Answers on Treatment of Student-Athletes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, along with Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), today sent letters to the presidents of the 65 institutions that make up the […]