Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 3414. Sen. Hutchison voted against efforts to end debate on the bill, expressing concern with the lack of debate as well as with the […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement regarding the final passage of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act: “I am pleased that the Senate and House have worked together to pass this important piece of legislation to […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations bipartisan investigation of the Department of Homeland Security fusion centers released today: “For months now I’ve been saying […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement at the hearing, “The Path from LEO to Mars”: “Thank you very much Mr. Chairman and I am so looking forward to hearing from you. I actually hoped we would have one […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, made the following statement on the Senate floor during the cybersecurity debate. While managing floor debate in opposition, Sen. Hutchison voted to oppose cloture, expressing concerns with the process as well as with the underlying bill: Click […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement on the floor of the Senate regarding her cybersecurity bill, SECURE IT: Click here for video of speech. “Mr. President, I have listened to the Senator from Connecticut and the presentation on […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation, today made the following statement at the opening of the committee hearing on The International Space Station: A Platform for Research, Collaboration and Discovery: “I wanted to open today’s hearing because we have lost a space pioneer. Sally […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dan Coats (R-IN), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Richard Burr (R-NC) today re-introduced the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act (SECURE IT), S. 3342, their proposal to protect and […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today spoke at the committee hearing on Risks, Opportunities, and Oversight of Commercial Space. Excerpts and video from her remarks follow: “I just hope that there will no longer be budget proposals from the President, whoever that […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison released the following statement on an important exchange of communications between Congressman Frank Wolf(R-VA) and officials with NASA. Congressman Wolf is the chairman of the House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations subcommittee. He has reached an agreement with NASA on the future of the nation’s space program. ”I […]