WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a subcommittee hearing today on Competition in the Health Care Marketplace. Witness List: Mr. Richard A. Feinstein, Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission Dr. Len M. Nichols, Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation Mr. David Balto, […]
Today’s hearing takes place as part of a broader effort to transform health care in this country. If we are serious about providing every American with access to affordable, meaningful health care coverage, we absolutely must start by confronting its soaring costs. The average American family today pays twice as much for its […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent letters to 11 different federal departments and agencies asking for information regarding their cybersecurity preparedness and the effectiveness of their incident response capability. Chairman Rockefeller and Senator Snowe recently introduced bipartisan landmark cybersecurity […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation continued the fight for American consumers and held a subcommittee hearing today on The Economy and Fraud: Protecting Consumers During Downward Economic Times. Witness List: The Honorable Chris Koster, Attorney General, State of Missouri Mr. David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Chairman of the Aviation Operations, Safety and Security Subcommittee Byron Dorgan (D-ND), and Ranking Member of the Aviation Operations, Safety and Security Subcommittee Jim DeMint (R-SC) joined together today […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison issued the following statements after Christopher P. Bertram was nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. “Mr. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced a Senate Commerce Committee investigation on May 27, 2009 into certain e-commerce marketing practices that generate thousands of mysterious monthly charges to consumer credit cards. Today, Senator Rockefeller sent a letter to the President […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing yesterday on nominations. Nominations Include: Panel I Mr. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ms. Lori Garver, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics […]
Washington, D.C.—Today the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held an Executive Session and favorably reported out the following legislation: S. 588, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 S. 649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act S. 668, Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2009 S. 1194, […]
Washington, D.C.–Good Afternoon, I want to welcome everyone to our hearing on the five critical nominations of very talented public servants. Each one of these talented individuals will be responsible for leading the way forward at very different agencies — the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the […]