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Jay Rockefeller - forThe senior United States Senator from West Virginia and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation since 2009.
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ROCKEFELLER STATEMENT ON FAA EXTENSION
Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today issued the following statement on the compromise on the House-passed extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. “The Senate reached a resolution today because we need to allow FAA safety workers to get back on the job and the American economy needs thousands of construction workers building airports,” said Rockefeller. “House Republicans made it clear they would continue to hold the entire aviation system hostage. I deplore those tactics, but ...
Privacy groups applaud Sen.Rockefeller's "Do Not Track"bill
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has introduced a new "Do Not Track" bill to Congress that aims to hold companies accountable for collecting information on consumers after they've expressed a desire to opt out. Called the Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011 (PDF), the bill would create a "universal legal obligation" for companies to honor users' opt-out requests on the Internet and mobile devices, and would give the Federal Trade Commission the power to take action against companies that don't comply. "Recent reports of privacy invasions have made it imperative that we do more to put consumers in ...
Rockefeller Seeks U.S.Agency Probes of News Phone Hacking
Senator Jay Rockefeller called for U.S. agencies to investigate whether alleged phone hacking at News Corp. (NWSA)’s U.K. newspapers targeted American victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “I am concerned that the admitted phone hacking in London by the News Corp. may have extended to 9/11 victims or other Americans,” Rockefeller, a Democrat from West Virginia, said today in a statement posted on the website of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which he chairs. “If they did, the consequences will be severe.” Reporters at the ...