Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Improving America’s Airport Security
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska., chairman of the Subcommittee on Security, will convene a hearing titled, “Improving Security at America’s Airports: Stakeholder Perspectives,” at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2019. This hearing will examine stakeholder perspectives on ways the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can advance aviation security. The witnesses will share their views on TSA’s implementation of aviation security provisions of the TSA Modernization Act and other efforts to advance aviation security to better serve the traveling public.
Committee Announces Hearing on Aquaculture
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Feeding America: Making Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture a Reality,” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. This hearing will examine opportunities and barriers to expanding sustainable aquaculture in the U.S. Witnesses will discuss the environmental, economic, and social realities of open ocean aquaculture, and the need for a streamlined and predictable policy framework for advancing the development of offshore aquaculture.
Ranking Member Cantwell Statement On Net Neutrality Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C—Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement in the wake of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruling on net neutrality rules: “I am deeply disappointed in the court’s net neutrality ruling. An overwhelming majority of Americans understand the […]
Wicker and Sinema Statements on FCC’s Net Neutrality Court Ruling
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Sen. Sinema, D-Ariz., today issued the following statements after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 rollback of net neutrality rules.
Cantwell Pushes for Enforcement of Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C—Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Acting Chairman Buerkle of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urging the Commission to enforce the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 (CNPPA). This law requires that all substances with liquid nicotine are […]
Wicker Response to NTSB Recommendations
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released seven recommendations based on its ongoing work on the Boeing 737 MAX accident investigations.
Cantwell Hammers NOAA For Answers on Pebble Mine Threat to Salmon Fisheries
TV-Quality Video| YouTube | Audio Cantwell: “The Pacific Northwest is not going to stand by while the administration builds a gold mine in the middle of the largest salmon habitat area. We’re just not going to sit by.” Commercial fishing in Bristol Bay is over 135 years old and supports 14,000 fishing jobs and 10,000 […]
Wicker Emphasizes Importance of Public Awareness Campaigns for REAL ID
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, this week sent letters to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requesting information on their efforts to ensure the public is aware of an impending change to the law that will require air travelers to […]
As Hate Crimes Surge, Cantwell Pushes Facebook, Google, Twitter on Actions to Counter Rise in Extremism
TV-Quality Video |YouTube | Audio Hearing comes a day after Cantwell joined colleagues on the Senate floor to call for expanded federal background checks, extreme risk protection orders Between 2013 and 2017, Senator Cantwell’s home state of Washington saw a 78 percent rise in hate crimes; state has third-highest rate of hate crimes per capita […]
Committee Announces Hearing on Fishery Disasters
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Fishery Failures: Improving the Disaster Declaration and Relief Process,” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. This hearing will examine federal and stakeholder perspectives on the fishery disaster process and how those disasters impact local communities. The hearing will also examine recent and pending disaster declarations and how the process for both declaration and relief could be improved.