Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison made the following comment today regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF): “The FCC should be commended today for reforming the USF and the intercarrier compensation regime. These programs have needed to be updated for many years, and today’s action […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, made the following opening statement today at the Universal Service Reform – Bringing Broadband to All Americans hearing: “Thank you very much Mr. Chairman. Thank you for calling this hearing because clearly so much good has […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]