- WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today issued a joint statement on the proposed merger between AT&T and BellSouth. “AT&T and BellSouth filed an application for transfer of control on March 31, 2006. More than six months have now transpired since that applicati...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – President George W. Bush signed into law today a sweeping port security bill which passed the Senate and the House last month. The Safe Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Act) represents a groundbreaking bi-partisan agreement among more than eight Congressional Committees. The bill strengthens port security across the nation by establishing innovative programs...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. –Senate Commerce Committee Chairmen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) last week introduced a resolution (S.RES.610 ) calling on the United Nations to address and fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) foreign fishing fleets during its upcoming meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Stevens and Inouye were joined by twenty of their Senate colleagues to fi...