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For Immediate Release
10/28/09
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Joe Brenckle - Republican Press Office 202-224-3991
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Hutchison Statement on Successful Ares-1-X Test Launch
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called the successful launch of the Ares-1-X test vehicle an important milestone for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
“Today's successful launch of the Ares-1-X test vehicle is an enormous success for NASA and the Constellation team that put this rocket together,” said Senator Hutchison. “This launch is an important milestone because it has been thirty years since NASA tested a new launch system leading to our ability to put humans into space. We have many issues to resolve in charting the path forward for the U.S. space program, but this test and the upcoming launch of the space shuttle next month proves NASA still has the ‘Right Stuff.’ Now we need to work with the President and make sure NASA has the right budget to be able to do its job.”
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House Passes Rockefeller-Hutchison Public Safety Communications Bill
- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Ranking Member, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, issued the following statement today after the House passed S. 1694, a bill that extends the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and...
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Hearing Summary: Reauthorization of the National Transportation Safety Board
- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a subcommittee hearing today on Reauthorization of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Witness List:
The Honorable Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office
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Hearing Summary - Combating Distracted Driving: Managing Behavioral and Technological Risks
- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on Combating Distracted Driving: Managing Behavioral and Technological Risks.
Witness List:
The Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
The Honorable Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Key Quotations from T...
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Rockefeller Statement on Northwest Airline Pilots Incident
- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement today on Northwest Airlines (NWA) Flight 188, which overflew its destination airport, Minneapolis/St. Paul International by approximately 150 miles on October 22, 2009. The flight was out of contact with air traffic control (ATC) ...
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Rockefeller and Lautenberg Introduce Comprehensive Distracted Driving Prevention Bill
- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, issued the following statement today after introducing comprehensive legislation (S. 1938) to address th...
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Commerce Committee Approves Nominees
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Today the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on and favorably reported the following nominations:
Ms. Anne Ferro, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (PN 787);
Ms. Cynthia Quarterman, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrati...
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Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Release of Final Augustine Commission Report
- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement today regarding the release of the final Augustine Commission report examining NASA’s human spaceflight plans:
“Today, as the Augustine Commission delivers the final report to the President, ongoing budget chall...
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Chairmen Rockefeller and Waxman Statement on FCC Open Internet Rulemaking
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), regarding the draft rules to preserve a free and open Internet. The text of the letter follows:
October 22, 2009
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Hearing Summary - The Case for Space: Examining the Value
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a subcommittee hearing today on The Case for Space: Examining the Value.
Witness List:
Dr. Stephen I. Katz, Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of Intern...
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Rockefeller Condemns EPA Decision to Begin Veto Process on Spruce Mine Permit in West Virginia
- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee again expressed anger as the EPA took further steps today to revoke the permit for Spruce Number 1 Mine in Logan County, West Virginia.
“I am angry with the EPA’s announcement that they will use veto power to revoke the authorized Spruce Mine permit ...
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Hearing Summary: Nominations Hearing
- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on nominations.
Witness List:
Panel I
Mr. Erroll G. Southers, to be Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panel II
Dr. Patrick Gallagher, to be Director of the National Institute of Sta...
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Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Recent Misleading Health Insurance Industry Report
- WASHINGTON, DC – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement in response to the recent release of a report from the health insurance industry.
“The misleading and harmful claims made today by the profit-driven insurance companies are politicking for corporate gain at its worst.
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Rockefeller Encouraged by NASA Exploration for Water on the Moon
- WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement today on NASA’s mission to confirm the presence of water on the moon. This morning, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), part of a new generation of NASA missions, successfully gathered critical data...
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