When he was chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, John McCain recused himself from alcohol-related issues.
Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, who is also chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.
But the Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller expressed concern about the two airlines joining forces.
Jay Rockefeller, D-West Virginia, also said his Senate Commerce Committee would hold a hearing on the incident.
On Oct. 30, the Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill called the CPSC Reform Act, introduced by Sen.
Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, called Lay's last-minute decision a major mistake.
The chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee is likely to pass from Sen.
As Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, McCain says he did make decisions that may have benefited Iseman's clients.
And that's what Democrats and Republicans thought, and an issue that they raised at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing last week.
Senator Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has a proposal that might just be a win-win for everybody.
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Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain, the Arizona Republican, refused to meet with tobacco officials while he prepared his committee's bill.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller said the authorities should consider whether journalists working for the media giant had broken US law.
As Senate Commerce Committee chairman, McCain screens presidential appointees to the FTC.
The Chicago lawyer and Democratic activist enjoyed an easy confirmation process as he breezed through the Senate Commerce Committee on a 19-1 vote.
And he roamed Capitol Hill for meetings with more than 125 members of Congress, including a private chat with Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain.
Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, had pushed his former chief of staff on the committee, Ralph Everett, for the job.
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On June 19th, the Senate Commerce Committee approved the first of these bills and promised that it would be toughened further before coming up for a full vote.
And, as the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, he is pushing a bill that will have a huge impact on the telecommunications and media industries for years to come.
John McCain, for instance, has used his position on the Senate Commerce Committee to wage war on Clear Channel, a company whose radio stations broadcast Rush Limbaugh, a right-wing talking head who has in the past lambasted Mr McCain.
Washington (CNN) - Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) said Tuesday that Time-Warner Cable's retransmission dispute with Disney-ABC is a prime example of the negative effect the concentrated power of media conglomerates can have on the average American.
"I believe this is a good bill, I believe it will pass muster and the important critical aspect of it is what it does, " said McCain, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which was appointed to write the tobacco legislation.
But the story is mostly about what their relationship was or might have been eight or nine years ago when she was lobbying the Senate Commerce Committee, he was chairman of that committee and she was representing a number of telecommunications companies.
The Senate's powerful Commerce Committee has jurisdiction over a wide range of communications concerns.
About a year ago, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation identified several major billing consolidators who are responsible for the majority of these unauthorized charges.
Tuesday the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will haul in, among others, the chairman of the agency that oversees railroad mergers, the head of the Norfolk Southern railroad and a top official from the Government Accountability to discuss the state of competition in the freight rail industry.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a product liability bill (S648) in May 1997, similar to the legislation vetoed by Clinton in 1996.
Republicans are asking the same questions of transportation secretary-designate Rodney Slater, but the panel that must confirm him, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, is giving him a much easier time.
In accordance with Republican bylaws, Stevens also stepped down from his role as the ranking Republican on two Senate panels, including the powerful Commerce Committee.
John McCain, R-Arizona, chairs the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which handles most of these Internet privacy bills, may give McCain's own proposals an edge.
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