The Senate confirmed Mitchell Zais to be deputy education secretary. Members also voted 52-47 to overturn the FCC’s repeal of the Obama administration’s net neutrality rules. Those rules regulated the internet like a public utility and prohibited internet service providers from blocking or charging websites for higher quality delivery to consumers.
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Briefings for May 16, 2018
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Hearings for May 16, 2018
Today
- Hearings on C-SPAN
- 9:21AM ETSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesEPA Administrator on 2019 Budget Request
- 10:00AM ETSenate Judiciary CommitteeCambridge Analytica and Data Privacy
- 2:30PM ETSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and ScienceFBI Director on Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request
- 3:30PM ETSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesRailroad Safety Initiatives
- Other Hearings
- 10:04AM ETSenate Commerce, Science and Transportation CommitteeCommerce, Science and TransportationAudio Stream Only
- 10:06AM ETSenate Foreign Relations CommitteeForeign RelationsAudio Stream Only
- 2:31PM ETSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related AgenciesAppropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesAudio Stream Only
- 2:40PM ETSenate Indian Affairs CommitteeIndian AffairsAudio Stream Only