Republican News

April 6, 2018
Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) will convene a hearing at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2018, entitled “Are We Ready for the Next Hurricane Season?  Status of Preparation and Response Capabilities for 2018.” The hearing will examine the status of local and federal agencies’ recovery from the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, and ongoing preparation for the 2018 season. Panel 1 (testimony […]

April 4, 2018
Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, to consider two presidential nominees. Completed nomination questionnaires are available at www.commerce.senate.gov/nominations Witnesses: Mr. Patrick J. Fuchs, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board Ms. […]

April 4, 2018
Press Release
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will convene a hearing titled “Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data,” at 2:15 p.m. on April 10, 2018, in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center.
March 23, 2018
Press Release

WASHINGTON– U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed the omnibus bill that includes several committee proposals. Among the proposals that were included in the bipartisan budget bill are the MOBILE NOW Act, and FAA reauthorization through September 30, 2018. […]

March 23, 2018
Press Release
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following joint statement calling on Facebook, Inc. co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the committee. The senators’ request comes in the wake of reports that SCL Group-owned Cambridge Analytica obtained data on up to 50 million Facebook users.
March 22, 2018
Press Release

Washington – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, commended the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for exploring solutions to unwanted robocalls and robotexts by creating and making available to callers a comprehensive database of reassigned […]

March 21, 2018
Press Release
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following statements on today’s Senate vote of 97–2 to send legislation cracking down on the use of websites for illegal sex trafficking to the White House for the president’s signature.
March 19, 2018
Press Release
The Senate Commerce Committee requested information and briefings related to user privacy and the use and sharing of data.
March 16, 2018
Press Release

***POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, will convene a hearing titled “Enhancing the Marine Mammal Protection Act,” at 10:00 a.m. on March 22, 2018. The hearing will examine the Marine Mammal Protection Act and ways to improve it, […]

March 16, 2018
Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, will convene a hearing titled “Hawaii False Missile Alert: What Happened and What Should We Do Next?” at 10:00 a.m. HST on Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Honolulu, Hawaii. In January, the full committee examined policy […]