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Press Releases 07/26/2011
Rockefeller, Cantwell Say Airlines Should Not Profit from Passenger Tax Holiday
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Aviation Operations, Safety and Security Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell today asked the nation’s airlines to either stop profiting off of the temporary expiration of ticket taxes or agree to return airline ticket tax funds into the trust fund that pays for improvements to airports and next-generation air traffic control.
Press Releases 07/25/2011
Rockefeller Calls on Chairman Mica to Convene Conference on FAA Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV issued the following statement today as furlough notices began going out to more than 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers who are going without pay because of the House refusal to vote on a clean funding resolution last week:
Press Releases 07/22/2011
Rockefeller Disappointed By House Failure on FAA Extension
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV issued the following statement after Republicans failed to agree on a clean extension of funding for the FAA to stay in operation:
Press Releases 07/21/2011
Rockefeller Calls on FAA Negotiators to Pass Clean Extension and Work Toward Passage of Comprehensive Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a statement on the Senate floor today, Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV called on his colleagues to pass a clean FAA bill extension to keep America’s aviation system in operation until Congress can negotiate a comprehensive FAA reauthorization bill.
Press Releases 07/21/2011
Key Quotes from Hearing on Reauthorization of Motor Carrier Safety Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee today held a hearing on reauthorization of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) programs.
Press Releases 07/21/2011
Rockefeller Remarks on Reauthorization of the Motor Carrier Safety Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The commercial truck and bus industry is a vital part of our nation’s economic strength, allowing goods, services, and people to travel throughout the country. This is especially true in West Virginia, where people and businesses rely on a safe, efficient highway transportation network to support a rural economy.
Press Releases 07/20/2011
Rockefeller, Hutchison Statement on Public Safety Bill CBO Score
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison released a joint statement today after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of their bill to create a nationwide public safety communications network for first responders:
Press Releases 07/20/2011
Key Quotes from Hearing on Lessons in Prevention, Response, and Restoration from the Gulf Oil Spill
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee today convened a hearing on lessons in prevention, response, and restoration from the Gulf oil spill. The hearing examined the ongoing response to and lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In addition, the Subcommittee addressed the continuing challenges relevant agencies and stakeholders face in the wake of the spill, the state of progress of damage assessment and restoration activities, and recommendations for improving the nation’s oil spill prevention and response capacity, and ensuring the long term successful restoration in the Gulf.
Press Releases 07/20/2011
Boxer, Rockefeller Call for Answers from Dow Jones Editorial Oversight Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, called on the members of the Dow Jones and Company Special Committee to ensure that no News Corporation senior executives at United States properties were aware of or complicit in any wrongdoing in the burgeoning hacking scandal and that no misconduct occurred in our country.
Press Releases 07/20/2011
Rockefeller Remarks on Lessons in Prevention, Response, and Restoration from the Gulf Oil Spill
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The goal of today’s hearing is to get an update on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent leak that covered 1,600 miles of the Gulf Coast with oil. It’s unacceptable to me that more than a year after the worst environmental disaster in the Gulf, the responsible parties have not yet been held fully accountable. The Gulf of Mexico—the people, the coast, and the wildlife, is still waiting to be fully restored—and may never be.