WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold an executive session on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. to consider legislation and nominations. Agenda: 1. S. 1331, Seasonal Forecasting Improvement Act, Sponsor: Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.)2. S. 1297, the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and Commerce Committee member Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today announced the introduction of S. 1331, the Seasonal Forecasting Improvement Act. The legislative proposal directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve seasonal forecasts – defined in the bill as […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “FAA Reauthorization: Air Traffic Control Modernization and Reform,” on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and industry leaders are scheduled to testify. As the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and fellow Committee Member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today released a letter signed by sixty-one senators to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler calling for a modernization of rules intended to ensure that Americans in rural areas […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Penn.) today issued the following statement on new tank car crude-by-rail rules announced by the Department of Transportation (DOT): “We are pleased the Department of Transportation has finally set a stronger Federal standard for […]