Republican News

November 22, 2011

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today made the following remarks at the hearing, NASA’s Human Space Exploration: Direction, Strategy, and Progress.  Witnesses at today’s hearing included NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Johnson Space Center Director Michael Coats, among others.

November 16, 2011

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, made the following remarks today at the nominations hearing for Rebecca Blank, nominated to be Deputy Secretary at the Department of Commerce, and two nominees for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Maureen Ohlhausen and Chairman Jon Leibowitz: […]

November 2, 2011

Hutchison: Senate may vote on net neutrality next week 11/01/2011 Josh Peterson Daily Caller Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday that a Senate vote to overturn the FCC’s net neutrality rules might come as early as next week. The vote would happen just days ahead of November 20, when the rules are scheduled […]

September 23, 2011

Washington, DC – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement in reaction to the news that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken the final step to enact net neutrality regulations for the Internet: “I’m very disappointed that the FCC has decided to […]

September 14, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Bill Nelson, John Boozman, and Barbara Mikulski today made the following remarks in reaction to NASA’s announcement on their Space Launch System design:
September 8, 2011

SEN. HUTCHISON, SEN. NELSON ISSUE STATEMENT ON CAMPAIGN TO UNDERMINE AMERICA’S MANNED SPACE PROGRAM Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) issued the following statement: “A just-completed, NASA-commissioned independent cost assessment by Booz Allen Hamilton found that development of the Space Launch System, Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and complementary ground […]

August 31, 2011

When presidential candidate Barack Obama first mentioned his stance on space policy, he spoke of the NASA budget as a perfect offset for additional education spending. Later, when he realized that he had to win Florida, he changed his tune. But it came as little surprise to those of us watching this issue that the […]

August 29, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the East Coast braced for the impending landfall of Hurricane Irene, Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison asked that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) work to make sure the nation’s communications infrastructure is secure during emergencies. In the letter sent Friday to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Rockefeller and Hutchison noted that police and firefighters nationwide are still without a dedicated interoperable communications network putting lives at undue risk. The letter was sent on the heels of a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook most of the eastern seaboard and caused significant communications failures.
August 25, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) today issued the following statement regarding the failure of the Russian Progress resupply mission and NASA’s implementation of the NASA Authorization Act of 2010: “Today we received word from NASA […]

August 4, 2011

Sen. Hutchison Applauds Deal to End FAA Shutdow Dallas, TX – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, made the following statement regarding the bipartisan compromise on a short-term extension bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will end the current shutdown:  “This is […]