June 29, 2016
Press Release
“The committee’s passage of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act puts important enhancements for federal research and our economic competitiveness one step closer to becoming law,” said Thune.
June 23, 2016
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June 23, 2016
Press Release
The bipartisan bill maximizes basic research by reducing administrative burdens for researchers, enhancing agency oversight, improving research dissemination, and reforming federal science agencies to increase the impact of taxpayer-funded research.
June 22, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, in a letter to the Multi-State Lottery Association requested information about the association’s response to a lotto jackpot rigging scandal.
June 21, 2016
Press Release
The hearing will explore how businesses and government use new technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), to enhance the efficiency of infrastructure and transportation across the country. Witnesses have been asked to testify on their unique projects, successes, and challenges with utilizing IoT technology in the transportation sector.
June 20, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, requested that World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Craig Reedie respond to questions following reports that WADA became aware of systematic cheating by the Russian Olympic team as early as 2010 but delayed investigative steps for years.
June 15, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, will convene the panel for a hearing titled, “FirstNet Oversight: An Update on the Status of the Public Safety Broadband Network” on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
June 15, 2016
Press Release
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved three bills, including the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2015 which provides relief from regulatory burdens disproportionately affecting small internet providers.
June 14, 2016
Press Release
“Today’s 2-1 court ruling upholding the FCC’s partisan decision to saddle the internet with restrictions designed for the monopoly telephone era says more about our outdated telecommunications laws than anything else.”
June 13, 2016
Press Release
The Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016 reauthorizes the federal pipeline safety program in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) through fiscal year 2019.