Featured News 08.05.2009 Chairman Rockefeller Questions Health Insurance Execs on Harmful "Purging" Practices Used Against Small Businesses Throughout America - WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent a letter to CIGNA today requesting information regarding how the health insurance company “purged” small businesses whose employees made too many claims and cost CIGNA too much money. “Since I took over as Chairman of the Commerce Committee in early 2009, we have been investigating the health insurance industry. What we have uncov...  read more View News Archive Committee Schedule 08.10.2009 - 09:30 AM Addressing Surface Transportation Needs in Rural America [Subcommittee] more info 08.06.2009 - 02:30 PM : SR-253 Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program [Full Committee] more info 08.06.2009 - 10:00 AM : SR-253 Aviation Safety: The Relationship Between Network Airlines and Regional Airlines [Subcommittee] more info 08.05.2009 - 02:00 PM : SR-253 Executive Session [Markup] more info 08.05.2009 - 10:00 AM : SR-253 Nominations Hearing [Nomination] more info View All Listings Recent News 08.07.2009 Chairman Rockefeller on "Cash for Clunkers"  read more 08.06.2009 Hearing Summary: Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program  read more 08.06.2009 Chairman Rockefeller's Remarks on Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program  read more 08.06.2009 Hearing Summary - Aviation Safety: The Relationship Between Network and Regional Airlines  read more 08.06.2009 Hutchison: FAA Must Stay Vigilant  read more Leadership Senator Daniel K. Inouye Chairman Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Co-Chairman Did you know? In June of 2000, Committee Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and her colleagues coauthored Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate, and she recently wrote her newest book in 2004 entitled, American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country. read more