January 23, 2017
Press Release
Sen. John Thune will speak on Monday, January 23, 2017, at the Newseum’s Knight Conference Center in Washington, D.C. at approximately 4:30 p.m.
January 22, 2017
Press Release
The Committee will vote on the nominations for Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Commerce.
January 18, 2017
Press Release
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold an executive session on Tuesday, January 24th at 10:00 a.m. to formally adopt the rules and budget resolution for the 115th Congress and consider 17 legislative measures.
January 17, 2017
Press Release
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation released letters of support from four former Secretaries of Commerce endorsing Wilbur Ross for the position.
January 10, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who serve respectively as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following joint statement on the decision to postpone the January 12 confirmation hearing for Wilbur Ross, President-elect Donald Trump’s designee to serve as Secretary […]
January 10, 2017
Press Release
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced that the Commerce Committee will continue to have six subcommittees in the 115th Congress, and the senators who will serve as subcommittee chairmen.
January 9, 2017
Press Release
U.S. Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, issued statements on the enactment of S. 3084, the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act.
January 6, 2017
Press Release
The U.S. Senate officially ratified U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) as chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for the 115th Congress.
January 5, 2017
Press Release
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nomination hearing for Wilbur Ross, President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Department of Commerce designee.
January 4, 2017
Press Release
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nomination hearing for The Honorable Elaine Chao, President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Department of Transportation designee.