WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and fellow Committee Member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today released a letter signed by sixty-one senators to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler calling for a modernization of rules intended to ensure that Americans in rural areas […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Penn.) today issued the following statement on new tank car crude-by-rail rules announced by the Department of Transportation (DOT): “We are pleased the Department of Transportation has finally set a stronger Federal standard for […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) today requested documents and other information from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), DISH Network and two affiliated companies related to bidding in the FCC’s recent Auction 97 for Advanced Wireless Services. “The Committee has significant questions about whether conduct surrounding the bidding […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. to consider two pending nominations. Nominations Under Consideration: – Daniel Elliott, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board (reappointment)– Mario Cordero, of California, to be a Member of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will kick off Hack4Congress, a hackathon that brings together coders, designers, and innovators to develop platforms to better Congress through technology. Sen. Thune submitted three challenges that hackathon participants could tackle at the event, including an […]