Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Broadband Consumer Privacy Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the witnesses for the upcoming Full Committee hearing on Broadband Providers and Consumer Privacy, scheduled for Thursday, September 25, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. The full witness list is below. The Committee will examine broadband provider practices with respect to consumer privacy. Broadband Providers […]
Inouye Urges Agencies to Redouble DTV Transition Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) delivered the following statement at today’s oversight hearing on the DTV Transition. “The DTV transition, scheduled for February 17, 2009, is now less than five months away. For the past 18 months, Members of this Committee, Democrats and Republicans, have been consistent in expressing their […]
Senator Hutchison Calls for Improved Bus Safety Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called for improved safety of over-the-road buses and enhanced National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations governing bus safety during a Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee hearing on improving bus […]
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for DTV Transition Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the witnesses for the Full Committee hearing on Oversight of the DTV Transition: Countdown to February 2009, scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. The full witness list is below. With February 17, 2009 less than five months away, the Committee […]
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for U.S.-Korea Automobile Trade Imbalance Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the witnesses for the upcoming Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee hearing on The Imbalance in U.S.-Korea Automobile Trade, scheduled for September 24, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. A full witness list is below. The hearing will examine the reasons for the imbalance in […]
Commerce Committee to Examine Consumer Privacy Issues Related to Broadband Service Providers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Full Committee hearing on Broadband Providers and Consumer Privacy, scheduled for Thursday, September 25, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. The Committee will examine broadband provider practices with respect to consumer privacy. Broadband Providers and Consumer PrivacyFull CommitteeDate: Thursday, September 25, 2008Time: 10:00 a.m.Location: […]
Senator Hutchison Commends Dept. of Commerce for Helping Nursing Homes with DTV Converter Box Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) today commended the U.S. Department of Commerce and Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez for allowing residents with post office boxes and those living in nursing homes to participate in the digital television (DTV) converter box coupon program. Previously, only residents with physical addresses could participate. This meant that […]
Inouye Calls for Immediate Passage of S.1492, the Broadband Data Improvement Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) delivered the following statement at today’s hearing on why broadband matters. “In our hearing today we explore why broadband matters. Broadband matters because broadband communications have become the great economic engine of our time. Broadband deployment drives opportunities for business, education, and healthcare. It provides […]
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Bus Safety Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the witnesses for the upcoming Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee Oversight Hearing on Bus Safety, scheduled for September 18, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. The full witness list is below. The hearing will review the safety of over-the-road buses and the effectiveness of […]
Commerce Committee to Hear Testimony from Corporation for Public Broadcasting Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Full Committee Hearing on Corporation for Public Broadcasting Nominations, scheduled for Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. The Committee will hear testimony from five nominees to the Corporation’s Board of Directors. The nominees are listed below. Corporation for Public Broadcasting Nominations […]