- The Senate confirmed the following nominees, reported by the Senate Commerce Committee earlier this week, by unanimous consent. Phyllis Scheinberg to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer Joseph Boardman to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration Nancy Nord to be a Member of the Consumer Product Safety Commis...

- Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) have announced that the Committee today reported out the following nominees enbloc by a vote of 22-0. · Maria Cino to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation · Phyllis Scheinberg to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer · Josep...

- Responding to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s (NCTA) new initiative on cable’s parental controls, Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) credited NCTA President Kyle McSlarrow for trying to bring the industry together. “I think it is a step in the right direction. It shows they’re thinking about the issues we’ve raised. I agree with...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee, scolded the Bush Administration Thursday for its “stunning” proposal to zero out Amtrak’s operating subsidy and said he expects to have a bipartisan Amtrak remedy ready to go to the Senate floor this summer. Lott’s statements ca...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, chairman of the U.S. Senate Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee, will conduct a hearing Thursday morning on the future of America’s National Railroad Passenger Corporation – Amtrak. Witnesses will include Jeffrey L. Rosen, General Counsel and Secretary’s Representative to the Amtrak Board; Ken...

- Chairs first Science and Space Subcommittee hearing on International Space Station WASHINGTON – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), new Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science and Space, today promised a “reinvigorated” subcommittee as she presided over her first hearing as subcommittee chairman. “You will see a reinvigorated...

- WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, chairman of the Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee, predicted today’s approval of the Surface Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005 by the full Commerce, Transportation and Science Committee “will save countless lives and reduce injuries on the nation’s highways.” Lott said he hopes t...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by unanimous consent the “Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act” (S. 364), introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and co-sponsored by Senators Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Frank Lautenber...

- WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved S. 432, the Minority Serving Institutions Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2005, by unanimous consent. The bill was introduced by Senator George Allen (R-Va.) and was cosponsored by 11 Senators, including Commerce Committee members Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), Trent Lott (R...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by unanimous consent the “Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005” (S. 714) introduced by Senator Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and co-sponsored by Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), John Sununu (R-N.H.), Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), and Frank Lauten...

- WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by unanimous consent the Surface Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005, offered by Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee Chairman Trent Lott (R-Miss) and Full Committee Co-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii). This legislation includes four titles: Title I - Motor...

- Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) offered the following statement today on the nomination and confirmation of Dr. Michael Griffin to be Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration represents our nation’s greatest hopes and aspirations. President Bush nominated Dr. Michael D. Griffin to be the ...

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- At the request of Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the United States Senate this evening unanimously approved the nomination of Dr. Michael Griffin to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Senators Stevens and Inouye planned to consider the nomination at the Commerce Committees mark-up on Thursday, A...