The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects: - Coast Guard
- Coastal zone management
- Communications
- Highway safety
- Inland waterways, except construction
- Interstate commerce
- Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation
- Marine fisheries
- Merchant marine and navigation
- Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences
- Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities
- Panama Canal and other interoceanic canals
- Regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing
- Regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation
- Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy
- Sports
- Standards and measurement
- Transportation
- Transportation and commerce aspects of Continental Shelf lands
It also studies and reviews matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and reports on those findings. The Committee is chaired by Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas. | Majority | Minority | - Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia, Chairman
- Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
- John Kerry, Massachusetts
- Byron Dorgan, North Dakota
- Barbara Boxer, California
- Bill Nelson, Florida
- Maria Cantwell, Washington
- Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
- Mark Pryor, Arkansas
- Claire McCaskill, Missouri
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Tom Udall, New Mexico
- Mark Warner, Virginia
- Mark Begich, Alaska
| - Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, Ranking Member
- Olympia Snowe, Maine
- John Ensign, Nevada
- Jim DeMint, South Carolina
- John Thune, South Dakota
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi
- Johnny Isakson, Georgia
- David Vitter, Louisiana
- Sam Brownback, Kansas
- Mike Johanns, Nebraska
- George LeMieux, Florida
| Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S729 , S9690 [edit] Subcommittees Subcommittees of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation | Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Minority Member | | Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security | Byron Dorgan (D-ND) | Jim DeMint (R-SC) | | Communications, Technology, and the Internet | John Kerry (D-MA) | John Ensign (R-NV) | | Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion | Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) | George LeMieux (R-FL) | | Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance | Mark Pryor (D-AR) | Roger Wicker (R-MS) | | Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard | Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | Olympia Snowe (R-ME) | | Science and Space | Bill Nelson (D-FL) | David Vitter (R-LA) | | Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security | Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) | John Thune (R-SD) | [edit] History The original progenitors of this committee were: [edit] Chairmen [edit] Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816-1825 [edit] Committee on Commerce, 1825-1927 [edit] Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1887-1947 [edit] Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947-1961 [edit] Committee on Commerce, 1961-1977 [edit] Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977-present [edit] External links |
