Power Players: Senate Commerce Chair Hears Telecom Companies Loud and Clear
Name: Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)Position: New to the chairmanship this year, Rockefeller will have a chance to re-direct the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee as he sees fit. This committee has broad jurisdiction over legislation related to communications, highways, Earth and space sciences and product safety, among many other areas. Rockefeller has been in [...]
Power Players: Natural Resources Committee Chair Mines Support from Homestate Industry
Name: Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.V.)Position: At 27, Rahall was the youngest member of the first Congress he served in, landing spots on the Interior and Public Works committees in his first term in 1976. More than 30 years later, he’s the chair of the House Natural Resources Committee (formerly the Interior Committee) and the No. [...]
Power Players: Environmental, Women’s Groups Place Faith in Boxer
Name: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)Position: When Boxer became the chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at the end of 2006, she became the first Democratic woman to do so. Debate on how to solve the country’s environmental problems begins in her committee, with topics ranging from how to clean up air and [...]