WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said that air traffic control modernization should be the centerpiece of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) reauthorization proposal being considered by Congress this year. Congress recently extended the current funding for the FAA for six months […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said she was encouraged to see that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has eliminated the backlog for digital television converter box coupons. NTIA also announced that they are accepting applications from consumers whose coupons […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation praised the National Football League and DirecTV for reaching a negotiated agreement to extend the popular NFL Sunday Ticket package to customers until 2014. The NFL also signaled that it plans to offer similar content […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today praised Senate passage of legislation to extend the current funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The bill, HR 1512, would extend the funding and authority of the FAA for six months. “I applaud Senate passage […]
VIDEO LINK WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today pressed President Barack Obama’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, former Washington Governor Gary Locke, for his assurance that the census process would remain transparent and non-politicized. She also noted that her support for […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today outlined the need to continue research into climate and weather science and received the support of Dr. Timothy Killeen, Assistant Director of Geosciences at the National Science Foundation. “Accurate climate and weather science can have substantial […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), along with several children’s advocacy groups, applauded action taken by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to advance a critical review of modern parental-control technology. The FCC on Monday issued a Notice of Inquiry, the first step towards implementing the Child Safe Viewing Act, […]
WASHINGTON, DC— On the two-year anniversary of a bus crash that resulted in the tragic death of five Bluffton University baseball players, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) announced that they will reintroduce comprehensive motorcoach safety legislation. The legislation would overhaul and dramatically increase the safety of motorcoaches to reduce deaths […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today released the following statement on the nomination of former Washington State Governor Gary Locke to be Secretary for the United States Department of Commerce. “I congratulate Governor Locke on his nomination as Commerce Secretary,” said Senator Hutchison. […]
Washington, DC – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following statement in support of President Obama’s selection of former Washington Governor Gary Locke to be the next U.S. Secretary of Commerce: “The Department of Commerce has a major role to play in […]