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Press Releases 07/20/2011
Key Quotes from Hearing on Building American Transportation Infrastructure Through Innovative Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Senate Commerce Committee today held a full committee hearing on building American transportation infrastructure through innovative funding. This hearing examined the means by which federal funds can be used to leverage and partner with private sector capital to supplement existing transportation funding and increase overall investment into transportation projects. In addition, the hearing looked at the effects investing in infrastructure projects can have on job creation.
Press Releases 07/20/2011
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Building Transportation Infrastructure Through Innovative Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Americans rely on railways, highways, airways, and waterways to efficiently move goods safely to their destinations. States like West Virginia need sound infrastructure to boost economic development in rural communities. Yet, our transportation infrastructure is showing signs of wear and tear and, frankly, much of it is in disrepair.
Press Releases 07/19/2011
Rockefeller Decries Partisan Assault on America's Aviation System
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today said he is working to strip a provision in the House FAA extension that hurts small communities nationwide. Rockefeller reiterated that the House proposed extension cannot pass the Senate leaving open the possibility for a partial agency shutdown if House Republican leaders do not reconsider their position.
Press Releases 07/15/2011
Rockefeller Statement on House FAA Extension
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV issued the following statement after House Republicans filed an irresponsible FAA extension bill that would slash Essential Air Service Funding for communities nationwide:
Press Releases 07/14/2011
Key Quotes from Hearing on Capturing Economic & Societal Potential on Nanotechnology Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate Commerce Committee today convened a Science and Space Subcommittee hearing on capturing the economic and societal potential of nanotechnology investment. The hearing examined the potential of nanotechnology, federal initiatives to coordinate research investments, barriers to commercialization, possible environmental and health risks, and steps Congress can take to improve the return on federal nanotechnology investments.
Press Releases 07/14/2011
Senators Announce Key Industry Support for Bus Safety Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) today held a press conference to urge their colleagues to support passage of the bipartisan bill, Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2011, introduced by Senators Hutchison and Brown. Greyhound CEO, David Leach, was also at the press conference to announce his company’s support of this important legislation.
Press Releases 07/14/2011
Rockefeller Remarks on National Nanotechnology Investment: Manufacturing, Commercialization, and Job Creation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—I want to thank you all for being here today to discuss what some have referred to as “the next industrial revolution.” We are at a place today where big advances on technology are happening at a very small level—everything from bio-technology tools to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, to soon reducing your computer’s entire memory to the size of a single tiny chip.
Press Releases 07/13/2011
Boxer, Rockefeller Call for DOJ, SEC Investigation into Whether News Corporation Broke U.S. Laws in Phone Hacking Scandal
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today called on Attorney General Eric Holder and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro to investigate whether News Corporation, which is incorporated in the United States, violated United States law in allegedly bribing police officials to gain access to private telephone information and records.
Press Releases 07/13/2011
Key Quotes from Hearing on Unauthorized Charges Consumers' Telephone Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today convened a full committee hearing on unauthorized charges on consumers’ telephone bills. The hearing examined reports of unauthorized mystery charges being placed on landline telephone bills, a practice commonly referred to as “cramming,” and comes after a yearlong Commerce Committee investigation into cramming and its impact on American consumers. The findings of the Committee’s investigation can be found here.
Press Releases 07/13/2011
Rockefeller Remarks on Unauthorized Charges on Telephone Bills: Why Crammers Win and Consumers Lose
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today’s hearing is about a scam that has cost telephone customers billions of dollars in unauthorized charges since the 1990s. It’s called “cramming.” It refers to the mysterious charges that appear on Americans’ phone bills for services they do not want or use.