- 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, an...

- Click here for an audio of Chairman Ted Stevens speech WASHINGTON, DC -- Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens today gave the keynote luncheon address at the Federal Aviation Administrations 30th Annual Forecast Conference. Following is a transcript of his remarks: Thank you very much, Marion (Blakey). She’s a great fisherman so I told her that (referring to Marions introduc...

- Washington, D.C. -- At the invitation of The Hill (a Capitol Hill newspaper), Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Stevens today was the featured speaker at their Telecom Breakfast. Click here for video Chairman Ted Stevens speech on an array of telecom issues. Following is a transcript of Chairman Stevens remarks: I do appreciate the opportunity to be here. We do have a Defense Appropriations Sub...

- WASHINGTON, DC -- Senators Stevens and Inouye, the Co-Chairmen of the Senate Commerce Committee, today welcomed President Bush’s naming of current Federal Communications Commissioner Kevin Martin to replace Michael Powell as the new Chairman of the Commission: Senator Stevens said, “I look forward to working with Kevin in his new role as FCC Chairman. Kevin has a strong legal backgr...

- Inouye contends that broadcasters’ “lack of disclosure” represents “serious breach of ethics,” possible violation of FCC rules WASHINGTON, DC - In a letter sent to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell last night, U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) requested that the Commission investigate broadcasters’ usage of government-produced &ldquo...

- Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) offered the following statement today in response to the nomination Dr. Michael Griffin to be the new Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: I have reviewed Dr. Griffins background. I know that Dr. Griffin is highly thought of by Sean OKeefe and I intend to do all I can to convince the Commerce Committee to prompt...

- March 11, 2005 Chairman Stevens’ Response to Questions on Decency Click here for audio of Chairman Ted Stevens comments Question: On a different issue, are you still planning for the Commerce Committee to markup the Broadcast Decency bill and do you know when that would be and also are you considering expanding that to include cable? Chairman Stevens: It will be as soon as we ca...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by voice vote the "Tsunami Preparedness Act" (S. 50), introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and co-sponsored by Senators Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), Barbara Boxer (D-...

- Improvements expand upon system Senators helped establish in 1994 WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today unanimously approved the “Tsunami Preparedness Act of 2005” (S. 50) introduced by Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). The legislation aims to upgrade and modernize the nation’s tsunami warning and mi...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by voice vote the "Training for Realtime Writers Act" (S. 268), introduced by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and co-sponsored by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), and Bill Nelson (D-Florida). The legislation: &middo...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by voice vote the “Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act” (S. 362), introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and co-sponsored by Senators Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), and P...

- Washington, DC – The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved S. 148, the Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2005, by unanimous consent. The bill was introduced by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and cosponsored by Commerce Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND). The bill is identical to a bill passed by the Senate during the 108th Congress. ...

- Washington, DC – Today, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved S. 39, the National Ocean Exploration Program Act, by unanimous consent. Senators Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the Co-Chairmen of the Senate Commerce Committee, introduced the bill, which would establish a national program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOA...

- WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today approved S. 361, the Ocean and Coastal Observation System Act of 2005 by unanimous consent. Senator Snowe (R-ME) introduced the bill on February 10, 2005. Co-sponsors of the bill include Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Dan Inouye (R-HI), and Ranking Member of the Fisheries and Coast Gu...

- WASHINGTON, DC -- Senators Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Co-Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced the Chairmen and Democratic counterparts for the Committee’s Subcommittees. All Members of the Committee except for Senator Stevens and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) are part of a subcommittee’s leadership team. Senate Republica...

- Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye have scheduled a Full Committee Mark-up for Thursday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The mark-up is open to the public. Following is the tentative agenda (not necessarily in order of consideration): Bills: S. 148, Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2005 S. 361, Ocean and Coastal ...

- 2005 National Association of Broadcasters State Leadership ConferenceMarch 1, 2005Washington, DCCommerce Committee Chairman Senator Ted StevensClick here for an audio of Chairman Ted Stevens Speech Text of Chairman Stevens Speech: I don’t think there’s a group that comes to Washington that I would feel more at home with. Let me thank Eddie Fritts. I thought he was going to tell ...