Author : Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Anchorage Daily News -
The Internet has provided a powerful economic boost to our nation, especially in rural areas. It has become an important everyday tool for millions of Americans, a valuable educational and medical resource, and an essential mechanism for communication and commerce.
To ensure the Internets benefits are available to as many people as possible, obstacles to affordable high-speed Internet must be e...
Author : Senator Daniel K. Inouye
The Hill Special Report: Telecom - A revolution is coming to television sets across this country. On February 17, 2009–less than 500 days away–television broadcasters will switch from analog to digital signals. For viewers, this change holds tremendous promise. By migrating to digital, they can enjoy dramatically sharper pictures and crisper sound. Broadcasters now offering a single channel of...
Author : Senator Ted Stevens
Juneau Empire -
Last month, a 15-year-old from Juneau made national headlines after she boarded an airplane and flew to Seattle without her parents’ knowledge or permission. Of additional concern, she was attempting to meet someone she had encountered on the Internet. While this particular incident ended without injury, it exposed a serious loophole for air travelers between the ages of 13 and 17, and served as...
Author : Senator Ted Stevens
Wall Street Journal -
Your article on the Consumer Product Safety Commissions recent warning over ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) imported from China (Chinese ATV Is Called Hazardous, Politics & Economics, June 6) aroused my interest. During a meeting of the China-U.S. Interparliamentary Conference in Washington, I urged members of the National Peoples Congress, led by Sheng Huaren, vice chairman of the Secretary-Gener...
Author : Senator Ted Stevens
The Hill -
Great progress has been made during the last two years regarding the advancement of public safety’s communication needs. One key legislative initiative was the digital television transition legislation that established a date certain when 24 MHz of prime spectrum will be put into the hands of first responders. The legislation also requires that 60 MHz of prime spectrum be auctioned and directs ...
Author : Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
As our nation moves farther into the digital age, there are several important issues that Congress should consider which will dramatically affect the way millions of Americans communicate. These issues include reforming universal service, easing the transition to digital television, and encouraging Internet access.
All Americans deserve the advantages presented by essential communications, an...
Author : Chairman Ted Stevens
Our nation’s 361 ports are enormous security and commercial operations, and with approximately $1.3 billion in import and export goods transiting through them every day, they represent a vital economic artery for our nation. An attack on any one of America’s ports would be devastating for not only our nation’s economy, but global trade as well. Technology, combined with sophisticated data analysis...
Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens authored this article for the Kodiak Daily Mirrors special edition for ComFish Alaskas 26th Annual Trade Show & Policy Summit.
Published March 17, 2005
Last year I wrote to ComFish about the views and recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission. Now, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, a...
