Committee members will consider: 1. S. 2685, Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2008 2. H.R. 1187, the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification ...

Recent press reports have highlighted two types of chemicals widely used in consumer products, phthalates and bisphenol-A (BPA), which scientists have found to leach out of plastic and pose an exposur...

The hearing will examine the FY 2009 budget request for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as well as general oversight of the agency and its implementation of recently enacted statutes ...

Climate models allow scientists to understand the dynamics of the climate system and predict the effects of climate change by simulating the interactions of the earths oceans, atmosphere, land, and i...

The record high cost of fuel is challenging U.S. air carriers’ ability to achieve continued financial stability. As a result, six air carriers have declared bankruptcy since the beginning of the year,...

- Attached below is the Commerce Committee weekly roundup.

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a provision sponsored by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) issued the following statement in support of S. J. Res. 28, a joint resolution disapproving the Federal Communications Commission rule relaxing newspaper-broadcast media...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today approved legislation (S.2997) cosponsored by Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to reauthorize the Maritime Administration (MARAD). MARAD’s m...

- WASHINGTON D.C. – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today approved a substitute amendment, cosponsored by Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), to the Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2007 (H.R. 1...

- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved the following items by unanimous consent: 1. S. 2685, Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2008 2. H.R. 1187, the Gulf of the Farallon...