- WASHINGTON, DC -- Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today addressed a meeting of the Propeller Club. Chairman Stevens’ remarks touched on the maritime industry, the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, the effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, today’s nomination of Judge Samuel Alito, Jr. to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Suprem...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate today approved S. 1280, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2005, by unanimous consent. The bill as passed included an amendment sponsored by Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee Chair Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to aid the Coast Guard in help...

- Washington, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) congratulated Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez in working with the Departments of Education and Homeland Security, and private industry to distribute 16,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radios to public schools. This distribution marks the first of several to our na...

- WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by a vote 19-3 the Committee’s Reconciliation Bill submission called the Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005. The original Committee bill offered by Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Co-Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) provides two specific dates that...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today reported by unanimous consent S. 967, the “Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005,” introduced by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.). The legislation requires that all prepackaged, government-produced news stories - which are designed to be indistinguishable fr...

- WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today reported by unanimous consent S. 1753, the Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act of 2005. During the Committee’s Executive Session, Members adopted a substitute amendment offered by Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to replace the bill originally introduced by Disaster Prev...

- Click here for audio of Chairman Ted Stevens speech WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) delivered a speech on the DTV transition at the Free Enterprise Fund Symposium luncheon. Chairman Stevens’ remarks focused on legislation to be considered by the Senate Commerce Committee, which will bring about the nationwide transition to digital tel...

- Click here for audio of Chairman Ted Stevens speech WASHINGTON, DC -- Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today addressed participants of the Association of Maximum Service Television’s Digital Television and Consumer Challenge: Bringing it all Home Conference. Chairman Stevens’ remarks focused on legislation currently being drafted to bring about the...