WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Transportation Safety Board is a world-class investigative body with over 40 years of experience. Its recommendations have helped save countless lives and led to safety improvements in all aspects of our transportation system. Unfortunately, it has been a busy year at the NTSB, which has been involved in a number of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on Combating Distracted Driving: Managing Behavioral and Technological Risks. Witness List: The Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation The Honorable Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Key Quotations from Today’s Hearing: […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—At this very moment, 11 percent of all drivers on the road are holding an electronic device: They are calling home on their cell phone or reading a text from a friend; they are sending an email to the office on their Blackberry or looking up directions with a GPS system. That amounts to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement today on Northwest Airlines (NWA) Flight 188, which overflew its destination airport, Minneapolis/St. Paul International by approximately 150 miles on October 22, 2009. The flight was out of contact with air traffic control (ATC) […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, issued the following statement today after introducing comprehensive legislation (S. 1938) to address the nationwide problem of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on Oversight of the Broadband Stimulus Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Witness List: The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce […]
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on and favorably reported the following nominations: Ms. Anne Ferro, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (PN 787); Ms. Cynthia Quarterman, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Broadband can help us reinvigorate our communications networks in this new century. With these new networks we can make a difference in people’s lives—change education, improve health care, shore up business and employment opportunities, and foster a new and more democratic dialogue. These are all good things. That’s why I […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement today regarding the release of the final Augustine Commission report examining NASA’s human spaceflight plans: “Today, as the Augustine Commission delivers the final report to the President, ongoing budget challenges mean that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement after the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) yesterday southwest of Guatemala in the Eastern Pacific. The SPSS was initially detected by a Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) and was later boarded […]