- Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators George Allen (R-Va.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) today hailed full Senate passage of the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act (S. 150), legislation extending the ban on multiple and discriminatory taxation on Internet access and online sales. The legislation bans three types of taxes that unfairly single out the Inte...

- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, announced the introduction of legislation to fundamentally reform Amtrak. Senator John Sununu (R-NH) is co-sponsoring the proposal. “It is past time for Congress to come to terms with Amtrak’s problems and why it is largely a failure,” McCain said. The Rail Pass...

- Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) issued the following statement today on the hospitalization of his wife, Cindy: “Yesterday, my wife, Cindy, suffered a small cerebral hemorrhage. She is currently in stable condition at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix. According to her physician the prognosis is cautiously excellent. In the words of her physician, Dr. Robert Spe...

- Washington, DC – The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today adopted by voice vote S.2279, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2004. Senators Hollings (D-SC), McCain (R-AZ) and Breaux (D-LA) introduced this bill on April 1, 2004. This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete planning on several major security initiatives and require...

- Washington, DC – The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today adopted by voice vote the following nominations: · Theodore W. Kassinger to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce · Deborah Hersman to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board · Thomas Moore to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission &m...

- Washington, DC – The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today adopted by voice vote, S. 2273, the Rail Security Act of 2004. Senators McCain (R-AZ) and Hollings (D-SC) introduced this bill on April 1, 2004. The Rail Security Act of 2004 would authorize additional resources for the purpose of securing our rail transportation system against terrorism. Since the September 11, 2...

- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today introduced, and the Senate passed by voice vote, a resolution that calls on Major League Baseball and its players to immediately adopt a legitimate drug-testing policy. This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that Major League Baseball’s current drug-testing policy stops sho...

- Washington, DC -- The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today agreed by voice vote to issue a subpoena to obtain documents from the Department of Justice relating to information regarding possible use of banned performance-enhancing substances by U.S. Olympic sport athletes. Sen. McCains statement follows: “I continue to be keenly interested in curbing the use of banned p...

- Washington, DC – Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) today introduced the “Border Security and Technology Integration Act of 2004,” that would identify and address gaps in border infrastructure and enforcement. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Hilary Clinton (D-NY), Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). “Improving enforcement along our porous b...

- Washington, DC – Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today applauded the passage of S. 275, The Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2004, by unanimous consent. The bill would establish the United States Boxing Commission (USBC), strengthen existing federal boxing laws, and provide uniformity in specific areas of the sport. “Professional boxin...