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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]