Jay Rockefeller

As Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), she will coordinate science and technology research within the national security arena, including cybersecurity.

Chairman Rockefeller has sought through his legislative proposal.

Every day, tens of millions of Americans go online to search for information.

The Commission continues to support legislation in this area to improve transparency of the industry's practices.

I ask unanimous consent that further reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To improve the Postal Service Health Benefits Program). On page 12, strike…

I call up my amendment No. 2073, and ask unanimous consent that it be modified with the changes that are at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative…

I ask unanimous consent that further reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 16, strike line 8 and all that follows through page 23, line 6, and…

as modified, this amendment would simply eliminate a very problematic provision in the underlying bill, provision section 105, but it has a very bad effect, and this would clear that up. It would shift onto Medicare and raise premiums for…

I call up my amendment No. 2074 and ask unanimous consent that it be modified with the changes that are at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative…

I support and which my colleague to my left does not, in order for Amazon to compete against incumbent video service providers.

I've said forcefully in the past that too much television programming is crude and a poor reflection of our society.

While the Port Authority has publicly committed to being a transparent and accountable agency, there are growing concerns that these efforts are being subverted by obstructionists who appear to put politics above the people and Authority…

Decisions about tolls have serious ramifications for interstate commerce in the region.

the congressional record be complete

It is unacceptable that the Port Authority is unable to answer straightforward inquiries or supply information about the toll increases in question.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Stephanie Dawn Thacker, of West Virginia, to be United…

1 year ago last month our Nation lost an esteemed public servant and an outstanding human being, Judge M. Blane Michael, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for a number of years. With his passing, we were…

On April 10, 2012, together with Senator Schumer, major city police chiefs, and the wireless industry, I announced new initiatives by wireless carriers to deter theft and secure customer data.

this week there is plenty of drama unfolding at the Supreme Court, the stately building across the street from where we now stand. The Justices are deliberating inside the building. There is a lot of shouting and clamoring outside. That is…

It hinders us enormously as policymakers.

I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to, or perhaps 1 or 2 minutes over, 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I don't get a chance very often to say that the Commerce Committee is working on truth and justice, but that's what we're doing today.

I can remember, in West Virginia we were one of the first that had a school for physicians' assistants.

The new health care bill, which everybody loves to hate but I do not, has I think $10 billion for rural health clinics.

Overdose from prescription painkillers is now one of the leading causes of accidental death in the United States.