Still, the hive of science-based commerce around Cambridge is precisely the sort of thing that Peter Mandelson, the trade and industry secretary, wants to encourage.
However, Chinese journalists who hoped to cover the launching of Endeavor were denied entry to the site by a ban initiated by Frank Wolf, chairman of the Committee of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in the House of Representatives.
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, to thank for pushing this disapproval resolution forward in the Senate.
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Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
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Prague flourished as a centre of art, commerce, science and thought.
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His main thesis is that the buzz of urban life, and the opportunities it offers for co-operation and collaboration, is what attracts people to the city, which in turn makes cities into the engines of art, commerce, science and progress.
Over the last three years, the United States and Russia have been able to make significant progress on a wide range of issues, including the New START Treaty, the 1, 2, 3 Agreement, the work we've done on Russia's accession to the WTO, and setting up a presidential process whereby issues of trade and commerce, science, technology are all discussed at a much more intensive level.
Given this history, the announcement of the purchase has understandably elicited strong reaction from Capitol Hill, notably from Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), Chairman of the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee (which funds the Justice Department), and Rep. Pete King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, among others.
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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He also stated his intention to launch a Pilot Institute using existing resources from the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Commerce, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The web's links now encompass computer-science technical reports, folk-song lyrics, economic statistics from America's Department of Commerce, tarot cards, satellite weather photographs, film reviews, legal databases, the Bible, library catalogues, literary magazines and more.
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.
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.
During his time in the Senate, he has been chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and is the senior Republican on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
Its invention reduced the amount of time necessary to perform complex mathematical operations, making it an invaluable tool for commerce, science and engineering.
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