WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said she was pleased legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration was approved by the Commerce Committee. The Senate Finance Committee must complete a related tax title to address funding issues before the measure moves to […]
Amarillo Globe-News By Editorial Board July 21, 2009 Texas prisons are dangerous places that are made even more dangerous by the presence of cell phones behind the razor wire and stone walls. A senator, Texas ‘ own Kay Bailey Hutchison, is working on legislation that enables states to jam cell phones inside prisons. This effort […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, spoke on the Senate floor to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. A link to the video and a full transcript of Sen. Hutchison’s floor speech are below. VIDEO AND FLOOR TRANSCRIPT […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today recognized the 40th anniversary of America’s moon landing, when NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin’s lunar module touched down on the surface of the moon for the first time. “Forty years ago today, our […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Committee, joined together and urged the Department of Transportation to exercise its long-held statutory authority and expertise to determine if applications for airline anti-trust immunity are in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today during a Commerce Committee hearing pushed to allow prisons to block calls from smuggled inmate cellular phones. Senator Hutchison earlier this year introduced bipartisan legislation, the Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009 (S. 251), that would […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said she was pleased the Senate approved Charles Bolden to be the next NASA Administrator. “I am pleased the Senate has confirmed Charles Bolden to be the next NASA Administrator,” said Senator Hutchison. “General Bolden has […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today introduced legislation to engage the private sector and encourage investment in the deployment of broadband, also known as high-speed Internet. “Too many of our communities and small businesses still lack access to broadband infrastructure, and many […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said she was pleased that that the Department of Transportation and Secretary Ray LaHood approved Continental Airlines’ application to join the Star Alliance travel network. Star Alliance was established in 1997 as a worldwide alliance comprised […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today expressed strong concerns to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood that the Administration’s proposed 18 month extension of federal highway law, which expires on September 30, would perpetuate existing funding formulas that penalize Texas and other donor […]