May 14, 2010
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT – Houston Chronicle NASA’s Constellation gets big boost in Senate “Backers of NASA’s Constellation program scored a significant victory Thursday by winning the Senate Appropriations Committee’s support to block the Obama administration from terminating any part of the $108 billion back-to-the-moon program before October. The maneuver was pushed by Sen. […]
May 12, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today expressed her disappointment in the Obama Administration’s proposal for NASA during a Commerce Committee hearing on the future of U.S. human space flight.
May 7, 2010
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), today applauded Senate passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 (H.R. 3619).
May 6, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today expressed her disappointment in Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s decision to reclassify broadband services under an outdated regulatory framework. During a committee hearing last month, Senator Hutchison told Chairman Genachowski that if the FCC reclassified broadband without a directive from Congress, and without a thorough analysis of the facts and the potential consequences to investment, the legitimacy of the agency would be seriously compromised.
May 6, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing today on building a high-tech workforce, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Committee, said that she plans to introduce legislation to encourage colleges and universities to adopt an innovative program started in 1997 at the University of Texas at Austin, called UTeach, as a way to better prepare secondary science, math and computer science teachers.
May 5, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Representative Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.), a member of the House and Science and Technology Committee, together authored an opinion piece in the Hill Newspaper on the future of NASA. May 5, 2010The Hill — Bipartisanship key for […]
May 3, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) released the following statement concerning the announcement of the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines:
April 22, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing today on funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, questioned NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on President Obama’s restated vision for the space agency. Senator Hutchison raised concerns about the real risk of losing the space station without a space shuttle or replacement capability.
April 21, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing of the Surface Transportation Subcommittee today, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to ensure that the security of our nation’s rail, bus and highway networks be a top agency priority.
April 15, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, authored an opinion piece in the Orlando Sentinel on the need for a bipartisan approach to NASA in advance of President Obama’s trip to Florida today.