- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today by a bipartisan vote of 15 to 7 approved its comprehensive communications reform bill, which contains provisions that speed the deployment of broadband and stimulate competition in the video service market. The legislation, now named the Advanced Telecommunications and Opportunity Reform Act, incorpor...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the conference report for H.R. 889, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2006. On June 22, the U.S. Senate adopted by unanimous consent a resolution that deemed the conference report passed upon the House’s acceptance of the Senate’s correcting language. The bill now goes to the President for his signature. Th...

- Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) gave the following opening statement at the Committees markup of the Communications, Consumers Choice, and Broadband Deploayment Act: Today we mark up the Communications, Consumers’ Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act. The measure is the work product of every Member of this Committee. It incorporates suggestions, language, a...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today issued the following statement upon learning of the resignation announcement of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta: “Norm and I have worked together very closely over the years. He has really been a tremendous Secretary for the transportation area. Because of his long service in the House of Repre...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today applauded his colleagues for adopting by voice vote an amendment that makes $1 billion available for first responders by October 1, 2006. These funds provide firefighters, police, and medical personnel with the necessary radio equipment to communicate with one another in the event of a terrorist attack or majo...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today underscored the bipartisan approach that was essential to the Senates passage of S. 2012, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2005. During his statement on the Senate floor, Chairman Stevens also highlighted key provisions of the legisla...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved by unanimous consent S. 2012, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2005. The bill has received broad bipartisan support among the Members of the Senate Commerce Committee. The bill was introduced by Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Co-Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), with...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today addressed company representatives and state/regional cable association executives at the National Cable and Telecommunications Associations Key Contacts Breakfast. Chairman Stevens spoke generally on a range of telecom reform topics, including decency, franchise reform, and net neutrality. The followin...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today unanimously approved S. 2013, the United States-Russia Polar Bear Conservation and Management Implementation Act. This bill, which implements the provisions of a bilateral treaty between the United States and Russia on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population (“Polar Bear Agreement”), was introduced by...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today presented Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) with a lifetime achievement award at its first annual Marine Stewardship and Sustainability Awards ceremony. Stevens received the Special Recognition Award, which honors leadership in the sustainable management of living marine resources. ...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee will hold a hearing on economics, service and capacity issues in the freight railroad industry at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 562, according to U.S. Senator Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, subcommittee chairman, who is convening the hearing at the request of U.S. Senator Conrad Burn...