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Press Releases 05/7/2009
Key Quotes from the Future of Journalism Hearing
Press Releases 05/6/2009
Chairman Rockefeller's Opening Statement on Future of Journalism Hearing
Press Releases 05/6/2009
Commerce Committee Broadens Investigation Into Allegations Of Fraud By NASA Contractors
Press Releases 05/6/2009
Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement On New CPSC Posts
Press Releases 05/5/2009
Key Quotes from Piracy on the High Seas Hearing
Press Releases 05/5/2009
Chairman Rockefeller's Opening Statement on Piracy Hearing
Press Releases 05/4/2009
House and Senate Committees Request Full Review Of Bayer’s Continued Use Of Toxic Chemical
Press Releases 04/29/2009
Rockefeller Cracks Down On Fraud
Press Releases 04/29/2009
Chairman Rockefeller Applauds President Obama’s First 100 Days In Office
Press Releases 04/28/2009
Chairman Rockefeller's Statement on The Future of National Surface Transportation Policy
Press Releases 04/28/2009
Chairman Rockefeller Applauds Supreme Court’s Decision on Indecency Standards
Press Releases 04/27/2009
Chairman Rockefeller Applauds New Members Of President’s Science And Technology Advisory Council
Press Releases 04/24/2009
Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement On FAA Bird Strike Data Release
Press Releases 04/24/2009
Rockefeller Introduced Legislation Calling For Universal Adoption Of Electronic Health Records
Press Releases 04/23/2009
Rockefeller Statement on Nominees Voted Out Of Commerce Committee
Press Releases 04/21/2009
Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement On Commerce Committee Nominees
Press Releases 04/21/2009
Statement by Senator Rockefeller Before The House Committee On Energy And Commerce, Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations
Press Releases 04/17/2009
Hearing Postponed: Reform of the Federal Communications Commission
Press Releases 04/16/2009
Senate Commerce Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement on the Obama Administration’s Suppport for High Speed Rail Development
Press Releases 04/8/2009
SENATE COMMERCE CHAIRMAN ROCKEFELLER’S STATEMENT ON U.S. FLAGGED CARGO VESSEL MAERSK ALABAMA SEIZED BY PIRATES OFF COAST OF SOMALIA
Press Releases 04/3/2009
SENATOR ROCKEFELLER URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION ON BAYER CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
Press Releases 04/3/2009
Chairman Rockefeller Requests Information from Eighteen Health Insurance Companies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has held two full committee hearings on Deceptive Health Insurance Industry Practices – Are Consumers Getting What They Paid For? Rockefeller sent letters late yesterday to 18 different health insurance companies asking them what data they use to determine reimbursement rates as part of a continuing investigation into health insurance premiums.
Press Releases 04/2/2009
COMMERCE CHAIRMAN ROCKEFELLER’S STATEMENT ON RESIGNATION OF NASA INSPECTOR GENERAL ROBERT COBB
Press Releases 04/1/2009
Chairman Rockefeller and Senator Snowe Introduce Comprehensive Cybersecurity Legislation
Press Releases 04/1/2009
Bill Would Federalize Cybersecurity- Senate Proposal Would Affect Even Some Private Networks
Press Releases 04/1/2009
Chairman Rockefeller Sends Letter to Inspector General After Deceptive Health Insurance Industry Practices Hearing
Press Releases 03/31/2009
Chairman Rockefeller's Opening Remarks for Part II of Deceptive Health Insurance Hearing
Press Releases 03/31/2009
Irate Lawmakers Vow To Press Health Insurers On Reimbursement
Press Releases 03/31/2009
Senator Puts UnitedHealth Execs on Payments Hot Seat
Press Releases 03/31/2009
Senator Investigates Health Insurers’ Out-of-Network Rate Practices
Press Releases 03/30/2009
Hearing Announcement- Part II: Deceptive Health Insurance Industry Practices
Press Releases 03/27/2009
Chairman Rockefeller’s Statement on Increasing Fuel Economy Standards
Press Releases 03/26/2009
Chairman Rockefeller's Opening Remarks on Deceptive Health Insurance Hearing
Good Morning. Today’s hearing is the first of two hearings we are holding to look at a deceptive payment practice that the health insurance industry has gotten away with for the last decade, maybe even longer.
Press Releases 03/26/2009
Chairman Rockefeller Holds First Oversight and Investigations Hearing on Deceptive Health Insurance Industry Policies
Press Releases 03/25/2009
Chairman Rockefeller's Opening Statement on FAA Reauthorization
Press Releases 03/25/2009
Chairman Rockefeller's Statement on Confirmation Of Gary Locke As 36th U.S. Secretary Of Commerce
Press Releases 03/20/2009
Deceptive Health Insurance Industry Practices – Are Consumers Getting What They Paid For?
Press Releases 03/19/2009
Rockefeller Statement on NOAA And OSTP Nominees Confirmed
Press Releases 03/19/2009
Rockefeller Statement on Governor Gary Locke to be The Next U.S Secretary of Commerce
Press Releases 03/13/2009
Hearing on the Nomination of Governor Gary Locke to be U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Press Releases 03/11/2009
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Rockefeller and Ranking Member Hutchison Announce New Subcommittee Members
Press Releases 03/9/2009
Hearing Announcement: Cybersecurity – Assessing Our Vulnerabilities and Developing An Effective Defense
Press Releases 03/9/2009
Rockefeller Launches NASA Investigation-- Demands Answers For Taxpayers
Press Releases 03/9/2009
Hearing Announcement:Climate Science – Empowering Our Response to Climate Change
Press Releases 03/9/2009
Hearing Announcement: FAA Reauthorization – NextGen And The Benefits of Modernization
Press Releases 02/23/2009
Hearing Announcement: Consumer Protection and The Credit Crisis
Press Releases 02/17/2009
Senator Rockefeller Issues Consumer Protection Guide in Advance of West Virginia's Digital Television Transition
Press Releases 02/13/2009
Rockefeller Statement on Tragic Plane Crash
Press Releases 02/12/2009
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Rockefeller and Ranking Member Hutchison Announce New Subcommittees
Press Releases 02/12/2009
Senate Commerce Chairman Rockefeller Announces New Committee Rules
Press Releases 02/6/2009
Senate Commerce Committe to Hold Executive Session on Committee Rules
Press Releases 02/6/2009
NOAA and OSTP Nominees to Appear Before Senate Commerce Committee
Press Releases 01/28/2009
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Rockefeller Deeply Disappointed by House Republican Block of DTV Delay Bill
Press Releases 01/26/2009
Rockefeller DTV Delay Bill Passes Senate
Press Releases 01/22/2009
Rockefeller Congratulates Rep. LaHood on His Confirmation as Department of Transportation Secretary
Press Releases 01/22/2009
Rockefeller Announces Compromise on DTV Delay Bill
Press Releases 01/15/2009
Oceans Policy Scores Victory with Passage of S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
Press Releases 10/10/2008
Oceans Subcommittee to Explore Impact of Impending Regulatory Changes on Maine’s Groundfish Industry at Field Hearing
Press Releases 10/2/2008
Senate Confirms CPB Nominees and USCG Promotions
Press Releases 10/1/2008
Senate Passes Rail Safety and Amtrak Bills
Press Releases 09/27/2008
Senate Passes Maritime Administration Reauthorization
Press Releases 09/26/2008
Senate Passes Broadband Data Improvement Act
Press Releases 09/26/2008
Senate Passes National Sea Grant College Program Reauthorization
Press Releases 09/26/2008
Senate Passes Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2008
Press Releases 09/26/2008
Commerce Committee Approves CPB and DOT Nominations, USCG Promotions
Press Releases 09/26/2008
Senate Gives Coast Guard Increased Authority to Interdict Submarines Smuggling Drugs into the United States
Press Releases 09/25/2008
Inouye Praises House Passage of Rail Safety and Amtrak Bill, Calls for Immediate Passage in Senate
Press Releases 09/25/2008
Senate Approves National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008
Press Releases 09/24/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Safety Hearing
Press Releases 09/23/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Broadband Consumer Privacy Hearing
Press Releases 09/23/2008
Inouye Urges Agencies to Redouble DTV Transition Efforts
Press Releases 09/18/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for DTV Transition Hearing
Press Releases 09/18/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for U.S.-Korea Automobile Trade Imbalance Hearing
Press Releases 09/17/2008
Commerce Committee to Examine Consumer Privacy Issues Related to Broadband Service Providers
Press Releases 09/16/2008
Inouye Calls for Immediate Passage of S.1492, the Broadband Data Improvement Act
Press Releases 09/16/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Bus Safety Hearing
Press Releases 09/12/2008
Commerce Committee to Hear Testimony from Corporation for Public Broadcasting Nominees
Press Releases 09/12/2008
Commerce Committee to Review Progress of DTV Transition with FCC, NTIA
Press Releases 09/12/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Hearing on Consumer Benefits of Broadband
Press Releases 09/11/2008
Commerce Committee Releases MARAD Bill Financial Disclosure Certification
Press Releases 09/11/2008
Commerce Committee Cancels Hearing to Examine Marine Protected Areas
Press Releases 09/9/2008
Commerce Committee to Hold Hearing on Consumer Benefits of Broadband
Press Releases 08/4/2008
President Signs Bill with Inouye Amendment Aiding Seniors, Rural America, and Minorities with DTV Transition Prep
Press Releases 07/11/2008
Witnesses Announced for Hearing on Summer Air Travel Outlook
Press Releases 06/20/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Hearing on Climate Change Impacts on Transportation
Press Releases 06/20/2008
Senate Adopts Inouye Amendment Aiding Seniors, Rural America, and Minorities with DTV Transition Prep
Press Releases 06/6/2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Hearing on Improving Efficiency of Freight Movement
Press Releases 03/5/2007
Inouye, Stevens Introduce Competitiveness Bill
Press Releases 08/4/2006
Senate Approves Commerce Committee Nominees
Press Releases 06/28/2006
Committee Approves Communications Reform Bill
Press Releases 06/27/2006
Congress Sends Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill to President
Press Releases 06/26/2006
Chairman Stevens' Opening Statement at the Communications Reform Bill Markup
Press Releases 06/22/2006
Chairman Stevens Applauds Committee Members for Bipartisan Leadership on Interoperability Funding
Press Releases 06/19/2006
Chairman Stevens Highlights Bipartisan Approach in Passing Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Press Releases 06/19/2006
Senate Approves Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Press Releases 06/7/2006
Chairman Stevens Addresses NCTA Key Contacts Breakfast
Press Releases 06/6/2006
Senate Approves Legislation to Implement the U.S.-Russian Polar Bear Treaty
Press Releases 06/5/2006
NOAA Honors Stevens with 2006 Special Recognition Award
Press Releases 06/1/2006
Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Freight Railroad Service, Capacity
Press Releases 05/26/2006
Senate Approves DOT Nominees
Press Releases 05/26/2006
Senate Approves McDowell to be Member of FCC
Press Releases 05/25/2006
Chairman Stevens Urges Congress to Pass WARN Act
Press Releases 05/23/2006
Chairman Stevens Co-Sponsors Resolution Declaring June National Internet Safety Month
Press Releases 05/18/2006
Senate Commerce Committee Approves American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
Press Releases 05/9/2006
Chairman Stevens Speaks in Support of Massachusetts Deciding Nantucket Sound Wind Farm Siting
Press Releases 05/5/2006
Chairman Stevens Sees Communications Reform Bill as Measure to Speed Broadband Deployment
Press Releases 05/1/2006
Chairman Stevens Introduces Comprehensive Communications Reform Bill
Press Releases 04/26/2006
Chairman Stevens and Co-Chairman Inouye Introduce Call Home Act
Press Releases 04/10/2006
Chairman Stevens' CableFAX Op-ed on Decency
Press Releases 04/7/2006
Conference Committee Approves Coast Guard Authorization Conference Report
Press Releases 03/30/2006
Commerce Committee Approves Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act
Press Releases 03/29/2006
Chairman Stevens Applauds Administration for New CAFÉ Standards for Light Trucks
Press Releases 03/28/2006
Senate Confirms Vice Admiral Thad Allen to be Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
Press Releases 03/21/2006
Chairman Stevens Addresses CompTel Conference
Press Releases 03/17/2006
Senate Confirms Robert Cresanti to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
Press Releases 03/17/2006
Senate Passes U.S. SAFE WEB Act
Press Releases 03/16/2006
Commerce Committee Approves Resolution Honoring Staffer Susan MacDonald
Press Releases 03/16/2006
Senate Commerce Committee Reports Several Nominees Out of Committee
Press Releases 03/15/2006
Chairman Stevens Receives DTV Leadership Award
Press Releases 03/14/2006
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Recognized for Highway Safety Improvement Efforts
Press Releases 03/8/2006
Allen Introduces Legislation to Protect Americans' Phone Records
Press Releases 03/6/2006
Inouye Comments on AT&T’s Proposed Purchase of BellSouth
Press Releases 02/17/2006
Senate Passes Resolution Honoring Kenneth Mead
Press Releases 02/17/2006
Chairman Stevens Introduces American Broadband for Communities Act
Press Releases 02/13/2006
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Addresses the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Press Releases 02/9/2006
Chairman Ted Stevens Comments on FCC Report on A La Carte Cable Programming
Press Releases 02/8/2006
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Addresses the Wachovia Forum on Behalf of Securities Equity Research Firms
Press Releases 02/7/2006
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Receives Satellite Leadership in Government Award
Press Releases 02/3/2006
Stevens, Inouye Comment on Progress on Ocean Issues
Press Releases 02/2/2006
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Addresses the American Bar Association Forum on Air & Space Law
Press Releases 01/27/2006
Committee to Hold Hearing on Protecting Consumers’ Phone Records
Press Releases 01/19/2006
Chairman Stevens Comments on Nomination of New Commandant of the Coast Guard
Press Releases 01/19/2006
Chairman Stevens Reacts to Third Party Access to Phone Records
Press Releases 12/22/2005
Senate Approves Resolution Honoring Flight Deck Officer Program Participants
Press Releases 12/21/2005
Senate Approves the Securing Cockpits Against Lasers Act
Press Releases 12/21/2005
Senate Approves NASA Authorization Conference Report
Press Releases 12/21/2005
Senate Approves FCC Nominees
Press Releases 12/21/2005
Senate Approves Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act Title in Budget Reconciliation Conference Report
Press Releases 12/21/2005
Senate Approves Maritime Administration Enhancement Act
Press Releases 12/19/2005
House-Senate Conference Committee Approves Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act Title in Budget Reconciliation Bill
Press Releases 12/17/2005
Senate Approves NTSB and FTC Nominees
Press Releases 12/17/2005
Senate Approves The Coast Guard Hurricane Relief Act
Press Releases 12/16/2005
Senator Stevens' Statement on DOT's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Foreign Investment in U.S. Air Carriers
Press Releases 12/16/2005
Senate Approves Bill to Enhance Coral Reef Conservation
Press Releases 12/15/2005
Commerce Committee Approves the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 2005
Press Releases 12/15/2005
Senate Commerce Committee Approves U.S. SAFE WEB Act
Press Releases 12/13/2005
FCC Nominees Michael Copps and Deborah Taylor Tate Await Action by the Full Senate
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Commerce Committee Approves Legislation to Implement the U.S.-Russian Polar Bear Treaty
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Commerce Committee Approves Federal Trade Commission Nominations
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Senate Commerce Committee Approves SPY BLOCK Act
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Commerce Committee Approves Legislation to Advance Transportation Security
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Commerce Committee Approves Legislation to Amend the Age Restriction for Pilots
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Commerce Committee Approves the Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Act of 2005
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Commerce Committee Approves Extension of Aviation War Risk Insurance
Press Releases 11/17/2005
Senate Commerce Committee Approves the Engine Coolant and Antifreeze Bittering Agent Act of 2005
Press Releases 11/15/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Addresses U.S. Climate Change Science Program Workshop
Press Releases 11/15/2005
Chairman Stevens Statement Upon Introduction of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 2005
Press Releases 11/15/2005
Chairman Stevens Introduces Legislation to Implement the U.S.-Russian Polar Bear Treaty
Press Releases 11/15/2005
Chairman Stevens Statement Upon Introduction of the United States-Russia Polar Bear Conservation and Management Implementation Act of 2005
Press Releases 11/15/2005
Co-Chairmen Stevens and Inouye Introduce the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 2005
Press Releases 11/9/2005
Chairman Stevens Introduces Legislation to Repeal Section 5 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Press Releases 11/9/2005
Statement of U.S. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi Regarding the Replacement of Amtrak President David Gunn
Press Releases 11/8/2005
Commerce Committee Announces Open Forum on Decency
Press Releases 11/4/2005
Senate Confirms Shana Dale to be Deputy Administrator of NASA
Press Releases 11/3/2005
Passenger Rail Investment & Improvement Act Added to Budget Reconciliation Bill in Senate
Press Releases 11/2/2005
Commerce Committee Approves Nominations
Press Releases 11/2/2005
Senate Commerce Committee Approves the IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005
Press Releases 11/2/2005
Chairman Stevens Speaks in Opposition to the McCain Amendment to Change the Digital Transition Hard Date
Press Releases 11/2/2005
Opening Statement of Senator Ted Stevens at Committee Mark-up of S.1063 and Nominees
Press Releases 10/31/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Addresses the Propeller Club of the United States
Press Releases 10/24/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Commends Commerce Secretary Gutierrez on Distribution of NOAA Weather Radios to Schools
Press Releases 10/20/2005
Senate Commerce Committee Approves "Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act"
Press Releases 10/20/2005
<b><center>Senate Commerce Committee Approves WARN Act</b></center>
Press Releases 10/20/2005
<b><center> Chairman Stevens' Op-ed<BR> on First Responder Communications</b></center>
Press Releases 10/19/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Speaks on DTV Transition at the Free Enterprise Fund Symposium
Press Releases 10/5/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Speaks on DTV Transition at the Association of Maximum Service Television’s Conference
Press Releases 09/28/2005
Senate Approves Sen. Hutchison’s NASA Authorization Bill
Press Releases 09/28/2005
Senate Approves NASA Authorization Act
Press Releases 09/28/2005
Senate Approves Sen. Hutchison's NASA Authorization Bill
Press Releases 09/28/2005
Senate Approves NASA Authorization Act
Press Releases 09/28/2005
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Comments on Passage of the NASA Reauthorization Bill
Press Releases 09/21/2005
<b><center>Chairman Stevens' Transportation Security Op-ed for <i>The Hill</i></b></center>
Press Releases 09/13/2005
<center><b>DeMint, Nelson Announce Hurricane Prediction Hearing</center></b>
Press Releases 07/29/2005
Conference Committee Reaches Agreement on Highway Bill, Includes the Commerce Committee’s Safety Title
Press Releases 07/21/2005
Commerce Committee Approves Bill to Enhance Coral Reef Conservation
Press Releases 07/21/2005
Commerce Committee Approves S. 360, The Coastal Zone Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2005
Press Releases 07/19/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Addresses The American Association of Airport Executives and Airports Council International Summer Legislative Conference
Press Releases 07/1/2005
ALLEN BILL PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY GRANTS FOR MINORITY SERVING COLLEGES PASSES SENATE
Press Releases 07/1/2005
U.S. Senate Passes Minority Serving Institutions Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2005
Press Releases 06/23/2005
Senate Commerce Committee Approves the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2005
Press Releases 06/23/2005
SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE PASSES SNOWE’S COAST GUARD REAUTHORIZATION BILL
Press Releases 06/21/2005
Sen. Hutchison Introduces NASA Authorization Bill
Press Releases 06/9/2005
Stevens Introduces Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Maintenance Act
Press Releases 06/9/2005
Christine Kurth Withdraws Name for Consideration to be an FCC Commissioner
Press Releases 06/6/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens' Remarks at the Federal Communications Bar Association's Annual Meeting
Press Releases 05/24/2005
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens' Remarks at the National Spectrum Managers Association's Spectrum Management 2005 Conference
Press Releases 05/16/2005
Commece Committee Chairman Ted Stevens Remarks at American Cable Association’s Annual Members’ Meeting
Press Releases 05/16/2005
Chairman Stevens speaks at NATCA Conference
Press Releases 04/28/2005
<b><center>Senate Approves Several Nominees</b></center>
Press Releases 04/14/2005
<b><center>Commerce Committee Approves “Junk Fax Prevention” Bill</b></center>
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