Republican News

March 2, 2018

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Walden, Pallone, Thune and Nelson Announce FCC Reauthorization and Spectrum Agreement

WASHINGTON – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.), and Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) announced today a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on legislation reauthorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and spurring the deployment of next-generation wireless services. The legislation, […]

March 1, 2018

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Thune Statement on Equifax Data Breach Announcement

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which summoned the current and previous CEOs of Equifax to testify at a hearing on the company’s 2017 data breach affecting an estimated 145 million individuals, issued the following statement that Equifax has identified an additional 2.4 million U.S. victims.

February 28, 2018

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Committee Approves Federal Trade Commission Nominations, Sen. Wicker’s Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 and four presidential nominations to the Federal Trade Commission, subject to Senate confirmation.

February 22, 2018

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Committee Announces Hearing to Examine Positive Train Control

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Implementation of Positive Train Control,” at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2018. The hearing will focus on the implementation of the safety technology known as positive train control (PTC), amid concerns that some passenger railroads could fall […]

February 21, 2018

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Commerce Announces Markup on February 28

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold an executive session on Wednesday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m. to consider the following legislative measure and nominations. Click here for additional information on nominees. Agenda: 1. S. 1520, Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Roy […]

February 13, 2018

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Thune on Confirmation of Federal Railroad Administrator Ronald Batory, other DOT Nominations

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement on the confirmation of key Department of Transportation nominees:

February 12, 2018

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Thune and Nelson Statements on White House Infrastructure Proposal

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, which exercises jurisdiction over aviation, railroad, broadband, and other key infrastructure, issued the following statements on the national infrastructure proposal unveiled by the White House today.

February 7, 2018

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Committee Announces Hearing for FTC Nominees

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, for the president’s nominees to serve as Federal Trade Commissioners. The nominees’ questionnaires are available at www.commerce.senate.gov/nominations Witnesses: Mr. Joseph Simons, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Chairman Designate Mr. […]

January 30, 2018

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Committee Announces Hearing to Examine Data Security and Bug Bounty Programs

WASHINGTON – U.S. Jerry Moran (R-K.S.), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security will convene a hearing titled, “Data Security and Bug Bounty Programs: Lessons Learned from the Uber Breach and Security Researchers,” at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The hearing will examine the October 2016 Uber data breach, […]

January 30, 2018

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Thune and Nelson Statements on Passage of Safe Sport Authorization

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, which exercises jurisdiction over sports policy and federally-chartered organizations like the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), issued the following statement on the passage of S. 534, The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act.