Stevens Addresses Progress and Freedom Foundation to Push for Senate Consideration of Communications Bill

It’s a pleasure for me to introduce Brian Roberts. Brian and his father Ralph have both been leaders in the cable industry and have been pushing technology to new heights, and his father knows how to play poker. So, he must have learned a little bit there. Under Brian’s leadership, Comcast has grown into a Fortune 100 company with $202.3 billion in revenue, 23.3 million customers, an...

Senator Stevens Speech at National Religous Broadcasters Dinner

My great friend Mr. Don Nelson literally drove down here every year, and he would come spend some time with us. But he really was a grand man. As I was preparing these remarks, I was reminded of a story that I heard once about a little boy named John who was coming down the steps on Sunday morning with a baseball glove in one hand and a ball in the other, and his mother grabbed him right as he ...

Stevens Floor Speech on Communications Bill

The Senate Commerce Committee reported to the Senate a bipartisan bill and it is critical that the Senate considers this bill here on the floor. It is a bill that is good for consumers. It seeks to reduce phone rates for our troops overseas. It makes available immediately one billion dollars for first responders. That money was authorized last December and is awaiting distribution. This money w...

Chairman Ted Stevens Address to the American Association of Airport Executives' U.S.-China Summit

Thank you very much. I’m delighted to have a chance to be here with Vice Minister Yang, Marion Blakey, and Thelma Askey. As you’ve heard, I have a deep personal interest in aviation, and it takes me back a long way to think of some of the things we did in China. I flew in China for almost two years during World War II, and our squadron motto was “We do the impossible immediate...

Senator Stevens Press Conference on Port Security Legislation

Thank you very much. We have pulled port security out of the major bill that we introduced before Senate bill 1052 and worked with the Finance Committee and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to try and develop a bipartisan bill to deal with port security. 90 percent of the freight and cargo that comes in the United States comes in through the ports. We thought that would be ...

Opening Statement on Port Security by Chairman Stevens

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today delivered the following statement as the Senate began consideration of the Port Security Improvement Act of 2006 (HR 4954). Chairman Stevens: As we all know, Monday marks the fifth anniversary of September 11th and the terrorist attacks against this country. Shortly...