WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, spoke on the Senate floor earlier today regarding the provisions in the underlying transportation reauthorization bill that focus on needed reforms to Amtrak and commuter railroads across the country. These bipartisan provisions will help to ensure adoption […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today urged his colleagues in a speech on the Senate floor to pass the DRIVE Act, a bipartisan bill designed to modernize the nation’s infrastructure and transportation systems and allow America to better compete in the 21st […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled “Wireless Broadband and the Future of Spectrum Policy” on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. (previously scheduled at 10:00 a.m.). “Consumer demand will only grow for high-speed wireless Internet access, 4G LTE, and other services that require wireless […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), members of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, yesterday convened the first in a series of working group discussions on federal research and development (R&D) policy priorities. The topic of the initial meeting was “Maximizing the Impact of Basic Research.” Representatives […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation chairman U.S. Sen. John Thune issued the following statement on a bipartisan multi-year transportation bill that includes modifications to the committee’s various titles covering key transportation safety and regulatory reforms: “The DRIVE Act provides much-needed certainty to states and our nation’s overall transportation system , doesn’t […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved a multi-year transportation bill, including a bipartisan passenger rail safety bill, and a host of multiple amendments offering critical regulatory and consumer protection reforms by a vote of 13 to 11. By tradition, the Commerce Committee bill (S. 1732) will advance in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The pending nominee to be the next administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will provide testimony at a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Wednesday, July 22 at 10:00 a.m. PHMSA has been without Senate-confirmed leadership since the previous […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced a new time for the previously-noticed markup. The Committee will now convene on Wednesday, July 15 at 4:45 p.m. (time changed from 10:00 a.m.) to consider and vote on S. 1732, the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection […]