- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate today passed bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, to provide a voluntary short-term extension to analog broadcasts after the digital television transition date of February 17, 2009. The bill, S. 3663, would provide an extension of...
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today praised the wireless industry for its work to partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to combat child pornography. The efforts are specifically directed at keeping wireless devices free from child pornography and prohibiti...
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today praised Congressional approval of legislation that will strengthen railroad infrastructure across the nation and improve rail safety. The legislation, H.R. 2095 - the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act, contains language from the Passenger Rail ...
- WASHINGTON, D.C. –The United States Senate late last night approved the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, cosponsored by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and 19 other cosponsors. The measure was originally introduced by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) as standalone legislation (S....
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today praised Congressional passage of the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2008, which would provide the agency $20.9 billion in funding for Fiscal Year 2009. The bill includes funds for a number of important NASA initiatives for which Senator Hutchison has...
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today called for increased transparency and disclosure for online advertising during a hearing on broadband providers and consumer privacy.
The hearing focused on whether Internet service providers (ISP) are tracking their customers’ Internet u...