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The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications met to discuss telecommunications technologies and how they could be used to improve education in America. The …

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumers heard testimony on fraud in the automobile repair industry. The hearing occurred after Sears Roebuck and Co. was ch…

The committee heard testimony on S. 2538, the Consumer Seafood Safety Act. The legislation would mandate improved safety and inspection procedures for the nation’s seafood industry. A recent…

The subcommittee heard testimony on S. 2312, the Airline Competition Act of 1992, which involves the airline reservation systems in the nation’s high-density airports. The bill would make th…

President George H.W. Bush nominated his deputy White House chief of staff Andrew Card, Jr., to become the nation’s next Transportation Secretary. The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transport…

The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony on the confirmation of Barbara Hackman Franklin as Secretary of Commerce. Ms. Franklin has been a supporter and financial backer of President Bu…

The subcommittee heard testimony on legislation regulating telephone transmissions in the U.S., including unsolicited computer voice calls and long-distance service billing procedures. Witne…

The committee heard testimony on competitiveness in the U.S. computer software industry. The committee sought to determine the extent to which the U.S. software industry supports free market…

The subcommittee heard testimony on the status of research into fuel efficient automobiles by U.S. and Japanese automobile designers and manufacturers. The subcommittee also heard testimony …

The subcommittee heard testimony on monitoring the arctic and antarctic regions and the oceans surrounding them. Environmental concerns included global climate change and the preservation of…

The subcommittee heard testimony on S. 217, the Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1991, which would reinstate the fairness doctrine in broadcasting repealed in 1987. The fairness doctrine, alo…

The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony on the financial failure of the Executive Life Insurance Company and the financial stability of the insurance industry in the U.S. Insurance exe…

The committee heard testimony on air bag safety systems for passenger vehicles. The bill S. 591, the Highway Fatality and Injury Reduction Act, which required driver’s side air bags in all p…

The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 12, the Cable Television Consumer Protection Act of 1991. The bill was designed to regulate the prices and quality of cable television services, …