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partisan decision to saddle the internet with restrictions designed for the monopoly telephone era says more about our outdated telecommunications laws than anything else.”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.
June 9, 2016
Press Release
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, Transportation will hold an executive session on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. to consider 3 bills and multiple pending nominations.
June 9, 2016
Press Release
The commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Paul Zukunft, will testify on the Coast Guard’s statutory missions including the current interdiction efforts that often intersect with organized transnational smugglers.
June 2, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will testify on implementation of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, a bipartisan five-year reauthorization of surface transportation agencies and programs signed into law in December.
May 31, 2016
Press Release
“Critical safety reforms, in a bill that passed the Senate 95-3, shouldn’t face substantial delays over provisions that do not have enough support to become law this year.”
May 23, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) released a statement regarding Facebook Inc.’s response to his letter sent following a report of Facebook employees excluding news stories on conservative political topics from its highly visible “Trending Topics” section while favoring liberal topics.
May 18, 2016
Press Release
The subcommittee hearing will examine the National Hurricane Center’s two new tools for the upcoming hurricane season: storm surge watches and warnings and maps of potential storm surges.