- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today that The Honorable Edmund “Kip” Hawley, Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, and Ms. Cathleen Berrick, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office, will testify before a full Committee hearing on the President...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee announced today that Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant for the U.S. Coast Guard and Mr. Stephen Caldwell, Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office will testify at the U.S. Coast Guard budget and oversight hearing. The Committee will also examine programs in ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today that it will hold an Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee hearing on the calculation of the gross domestic product (GDP) on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. At this hearing, Rethinking the Gross Domestic Product as a Measurement of National Strength, the subcommittee ...

- Attached below is the Senate Commerce Committee Weekly Roundup for Feb. 25th - 29th, 2008.

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today urged Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters and acting Federal Aviation Administrator Robert Sturgell about the need to address loopholes in airline policies that allow minors to purchase airplane tickets without parental supervision. During a Commerce Com...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2009 Department of Transportation budget, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) expressed his strong opposition to the Bush Administration’s proposed cuts to programs that impact Alaska. “I just feel that somehow or another people in your Department now have lost sig...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Science, Technology, and Innovation subcommittee announced the witnesses for its March 11, 2008 hearing on The FY 2009 Budget Proposal to Support U.S. Basic Research. The witnesses include: Dr. John H. Marburger, III, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); Dr. Arden Bement, Jr., Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF); and Dr. James M...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) issued the following statement today at a hearing on the Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal. “Transportation is an essential element of our nation’s prosperity. Our transportation infrastructure provides the means to efficiently mo...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will host an Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee hearing on the Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization. All five FTC Commissioners will testify. The hearing will be an oversight hearing reviewing the performance of the Commission. The Committee will also receive testimony on pending FTC ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate last night approved S. 428, the IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act, with two key provisions authored by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The measure would require Internet telephone companies to offer enhanced 911 (E911) services to all subscribers. This...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Full Committee Oversight Hearing on the Department of Transportation’s Cross-Border Truck Pilot Program. The Committee will conduct an oversight hearing on the Department of Transportation’s current Cross-Border Truck Pilot Program. This pilot program, administered by the Federal ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today that The Honorable Mary E. Peters, Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) will testify at a February 28 hearing reviewing the DOT budget proposal. The Honorable Robert Sturgell, Acting Administration of the Federal Aviation Administration will accompany Secretary Peters. ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee hearing titled The FY 2009 Budget Proposal to Support U.S. Basic Research. At this hearing, the Committee will explore the importance of basic research to U.S. competitiveness. The hearing will examine research and development budgets at agencies i...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today joined Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to introduce legislation to address “phishing,” the practice of using fraudulent e-mail addresses or fake websites to lure recipients into providing personal or financial information. “The ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today that it will review the President’s proposed Department of Transportation budget for the 2009 fiscal year at a hearing on February 28, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal Full Committee Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008 Time: ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee announced today that it will review the President’s proposed U.S. Coast Guard budget for the 2009 fiscal year at a hearing on March 6, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. The Committee will also examine programs in the pending Coast Guard Reauthorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. U.S. Coast Guard Budget and Ov...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces it will review the President’s proposed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) budget for the 2009 fiscal year at a hearing on March 4, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. FY 2009 TSA Budget Hearing Full Committee Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Room 253, Russell Sena...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee hearing on protecting our shores from oils spills. The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of this hearing is to evaluate operational incidents associated with oil spills. The Subcommittee will examine ...

- Senate Commerce Committee Roundup is attached below.

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – President George W. Bush today signed legislation into law to extend and improve the Do-Not-Call registry. Last week the House of Representatives passed the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 (S.781) and the Senate passed the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3541), sending both bills to the President. The legislation was previously approved by the S...

- WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), Senate Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK), and Senate Commerce Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) today announced a bipartisan agreement to protect children and consumers from dangerous toys and products. Pryor and Stevens reached an agreement they believe will lead to swift, bipartisan passage of the bill within the next few weeks. ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Congress today passed the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act (H.R. 1216). Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Commerce Committee, is a cosponsor of the Senate companion legislation (S.694) which was introduced by Senators John Sununu (R-N.H.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). This measure will address child safety issue...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) sent a joint letter today to the President, urging the establishment of an inter-agency task force to oversee the transition from analog to digital television (DTV). The Chairmen called on the President to use the government’s...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today the witnesses for a Full Committee hearing on U.S. readiness for the nationwide transition from analog television broadcasting to digital television (DTV) broadcasting. The witnesses are listed below. With the transition date just a year away – set for February 17, 2009 – the hea...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Congress last night approved legislation to extend and improve the Do-Not-Call registry. The House of Representatives passed the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 (S.781) and the Senate passed the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3541). Both bills were previously approved by the Senate and House. Senate Commerce Committee Vice ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Full Committee Nominations Hearing for John J. Sullivan, nominated to be Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. Nominations Hearing Full Committee Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008 Time: 9:30 a.m. ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will hold a press conference Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 2:00pm in the Senate Radio-TV Gallery on Congressional passage of legislation to extend and improve the Do-Not-Call registry. Representatives Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.), the sponsors of House passed...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard will hold a field hearing on the impacts of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) on Maine’s lobster fishery on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in Ellsworth, Maine. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) will preside. This hearing will focus on the new regulations i...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today filed its report on S. 1892, the Coast Guard Authorization for Fiscal Year 2008. In accordance with Senate Rule XLIV, the Committee provides the attached financial disclosure certifications. ###

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security announced today that it will review the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget proposal at a hearing on February 12, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. The Administration’s FY 2009 proposal would provide $14.6 billion for the FAA in FY 2009, a cut of $273 million from FY...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today announced Senator Roger Wicker’s (R-Miss.) subcommittee assignments for the second session of the 110th Congress. Senator Wicker replaced Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss) who retired from the Senate at the end of last year. Senator Wicker will sit on the following subcommittees: Aviation Operations, Saf...