Hutchison Questions Timing of “Reassignment” for Constellation Program Manager
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today questioned the timing of the reassignment of the manager for the Constellation program and called it a “troubling development.”
Hearing Summary – Innovation and Inclusion: The Americans with Disabilities Act at 20
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee hearing today entitled Innovation and Inclusion: The Americans with Disabilities Act At 20.
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Innovation and Inclusion: The Americans with Disabilities Act at 20
WASHINGTON, D.C.—This summer we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Chairman Rockefeller Honored for His Contributions to Improving Auto & Highway Safety
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, was honored by the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) for his contributions to improving highway and auto safety and saving lives.
Hutchison Statement on Proposed Update to Communications Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement after it was announced that the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee would begin a process to update the Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Chairmen Announce Process to Update Communications Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Senator John F. Kerry, the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and Rep. Rick Boucher, the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet announced they will start a process to develop proposals to update the Communications Act.
Nomination Hearing Summary
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on the nomination of Dr. Carl Wieman, to be Associate Director for Science of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Today’s Nomination Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C.—I want to congratulate Dr. Wieman on his nomination to become Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
Hearing Summary: S. 3302, The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on S. 3302, The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010.
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on S. 3302, The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On March 2nd, the Commerce Committee held an extraordinary all day hearing on the serious safety defects found in Toyota vehicles.