WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, said today during a Commerce Committee hearing that the problem of distracted driving is best addressed by individual states. Senator Hutchison recently joined Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to cosponsor legislation (S. 1938) to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, said today that broadband funding oversight was inadequate during a hearing on the future of broadband service in the United States. “Current broadband oversight plans appear to be inadequate,” said Senator Hutchison. “I had significant concerns […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, said she was closely reviewing the Federal Communications Commission decision on network neutrality. “I will be closely reviewing the text of the recent FCC decision, as well as the comment period that follows,” said Senator Hutchison. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voiced concerns about the future of America’s space program after the release of the Final Report of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee (HSF Review Committee), chaired by Mr. Norm Augustine, former […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Ranking Member, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, issued the following statement today regarding the Senate’s passage of S. 1694, a bill that extends the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Hutchison-backed legislation allowing prisons to block calls from contraband cellular phones has unanimously passed the Senate. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the legislation to prevent prison inmates from using smuggled cellular phones by allowing states to petition to operate wireless […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today questioned Anne Ferro, President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, on the need to improve the nation’s bus safety standards. Earlier this year, Senator Hutchison introduced legislation to overhaul and dramatically increase […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voiced strong concerns about Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement that the Commission will pursue new net neutrality regulations, noting that they could impede investment and innovation of new technologies. Senator Hutchison introduced an […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voiced concerns about the future of ’s space program during a Commerce Committee hearing on the recent report on the challenges facing the nation’s long-term human space flight programs. “America is at a critical stage in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twenty of the nation’s governors released a letter declaring support for bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, to allow prisons to block calls from contraband cellular phones. The twenty governors urged Congress to swiftly pass Senator Hutchison’s legislation, the […]