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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voiced her strong concerns that the United States was on the verge of losing its advantage in space after the initial summary of the Human Space Flight Review panel was released. “For the past forty years, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, led by Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), today voiced strong concerns to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on delays in payment to car dealers as part of the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program. Joining Senator Hutchison were Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), […]
Cell Phones in Prisons Mean Business as Usual for Convicted Criminals U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Our nation faces a growing threat from crime syndicates and other dangerous felons that operate inside the very facilities meant to keep them and their illicit activities off our streets and out of our communities. Imprisoned convicts coordinate murders, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today joined Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V) in pressing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to improve the vetting operations associated with the FAA’s Airman Certification program. Recent news articles have […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Committee, to allow prisons to block calls from contraband cellular phones. The Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009 (S. 251), is cosponsored by Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), […]
WASHINGTON – The National Fraternal Order of Police has issued its support for legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), the ranking member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, that would allow prisons to use technology to block usage of illicit cellular phones by convicts. The Safe Prisons Communications Act […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said the nation must find new ways to minimize hurricane damage and improve prediction and response capabilities. She spoke during a Commerce Committee hearing on the need for a national hurricane initiative to help communities to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement after the Senate confirmed Meredith Atwell Baker and Mignon Clyburn, as commissioners for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “With the confirmation of Ms. Baker and Ms. Clyburn, our nation finally has […]