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July 21, 2011
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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:
July 14, 2011
Press Release
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.
July 13, 2011
Press Release
Senator Hutchison Calls for Immediate Action on NASA Space Launch System

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called for immediate action by the Administration and the Office of Management and Budget on approval of NASA’s heavy lift vehicle.  The Senator’s statement follows: “Next week, the Space Shuttle Atlantis and her crew will return […]

June 21, 2011
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Hutchison Presses Commerce Department Nominee on Commitment to Jobs, Tax Reform

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today pressed President Obama’s nominee for Secretary to the Department of Commerce, John Bryson, on his commitment to creating jobs and spurring economic growth in the nation’s economy.  The Administration’s pick for Deputy Secretary, Terry Garcia, was also […]

June 15, 2011
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Houston Chronicle Op-ed – Let’s Give First Responders Tools Needed to Save Lives
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison today authored an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle on the urgent need to provide America’s first responders with a nationwide wireless network to help them do their job. Rockefeller and Hutchison are leading the charge in the Senate to pass legislation, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, which would create a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network recommended by the 9/11 Commission.
June 14, 2011
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Sen. Hutchison Probes Top Transportation Security Officials on Threats to Rail Security
In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) called for greater emphasis on rail security and pressed John Pistole, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Agency, as to whether sufficient resources were being made available to secure America’s rail system. After the recent killing of Osama Bin Laden, American intelligence officials have obtained information indicating Al Qaeda has considered possible attacks on U.S. rail systems.
June 9, 2011
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Endorses Rockefeller-Hutchison Public Safety Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.—New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week announced that he is supporting efforts by Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison to give first responders a dedicated nationwide communications network.
June 8, 2011
Press Release
Statement of Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison on Commerce Committee Markup of S.911

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In opening remarks at an Executive Session of the Senate Commerce Committee, Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) praised the bipartisan effort to send S.911, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, to the full Senate for consideration.  Below are Senator Hutchison’s opening remarks. “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. We […]

June 8, 2011
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Commerce Committee Approves Public Safety Network Bill – Now Heads to Senate Floor
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison today led their Commerce Committee colleagues in sending S. 911, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, to the full Senate for consideration. The bill to build a nationwide communications network for first responders was overwhelmingly approved by the Commerce Committee by a 21-4 vote and is now one step closer to becoming law.
May 31, 2011
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Following Two Deadly Tour Bus Crashes This Holiday Weekend, Brown, Hutchison Call For Swift Passage Of Bipartisan Tour Bus Safety Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After two deadly tour bus crashes that claimed six lives in Virginia and Washington state this holiday weekend, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today renewed their call for the swift passage of bipartisan legislation to strengthen bus safety and improve driver training to reduce the […]