WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. entitled, “Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization.” The first in a series of hearings on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization, the hearing on April […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who respectively serve as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced the introduction of S. 808, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization Act of 2015. The STB is the federal regulatory body […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, will convene a hearing on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. entitled, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Key Considerations Regarding Safety, Innovation, Economic Impact, and Privacy.” The hearing will examine broadly the potential beneficial uses for unmanned aircraft […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security, will convene a hearing on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. entitled “Examining the Evolving Cyber Insurance Marketplace.” The hearing will explore the growing cybersecurity risk insurance market and hear from experts about […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, will convene a hearing on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. entitled, “TSA Oversight and Examination of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request.” At the hearing, Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Melvin Carraway […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, will convene a hearing on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. entitled “Three Years Later: Are We Any Closer To A Nationwide Public Safety Wireless Broadband Network?” The chairwoman of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter today to the Honorable Michael P. Huerta, the administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Honorable Anthony Foxx, the secretary of the U.S. Department […]