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Press Releases 06/22/2010
Hearing Summary - Innovation in America: Opportunities and Obstacles
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Subcommittee hearing today titled Innovation in America: Opportunities and Obstacles.
Press Releases 06/22/2010
Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Senate Confirmation of Nominees to Key Science, Transportation and Safety Posts
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 after the full Senate confirmed sixty-four Obama administration nominees, the largest package to move through the Senate chamber this year.
Press Releases 06/22/2010
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Innovation in America: Opportunities and Obstacles
WASHINGTON, D.C.—American democracy, American financial markets, and American education have all made our nation and our economy the most innovative in the world.
Press Releases 06/18/2010
Bicameral Bipartisan Telecommunications Update Statement
WASHINGTON, DC — The bipartisan leaders of the committees of jurisdiction over communications matters today announced that they will hold a series of staff-led stakeholder sessions regarding communications policy.
Press Releases 06/17/2010
Rockefeller Statement on FAA Bill and FedEx Provision
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:
Press Releases 06/17/2010
Commerce Committee Unanimously Reports Out TSA Administrator Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement after the Commerce Committee unanimously reported out the nomination of Mr. John S. Pistole, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
Press Releases 06/17/2010
Chairman Rockefeller's Statement on FCC's Decision to Seek Public Comment on Broadband Regulation
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 in response to the FCC’s notice of inquiry (NOI) to seek public comment on reclassifying broadband Internet service under existing law:
Press Releases 06/17/2010
Rockefeller Pushes for Two Year EPA Suspension Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and longtime member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on his two year EPA suspension legislation, the Commerce Committee’s work on the crisis in the Gulf, and his continued efforts toward an energy policy that will work for West Virginia:
Press Releases 06/17/2010
Hearing Summary: The Financial State of the Airline Industry and the Implications of Consolidation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today on the financial state of the airline industry and the implications of consolidation.
Press Releases 06/17/2010
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on the Financial State of the Airline Industry and the Implications of Consolidation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Air transportation is absolutely essential to our economy. I have been working on aviation my entire career, and I have seen just how important it is for our communities to be able to move people and products anywhere in the world in a short time.