By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted in favor of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation that makes significant investments in West Virginia and our nation's core infrastructure. Ranking Member Capito served as the Republican floor manager throughout the debate process.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.) received a response from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on their request for the EPA to address the elevated levels of lead found in the drinking water of homes served by the Clarksburg Water System.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
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By US DOT Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the latest climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) responding to the dramatic rise in air rage incidents over the last several months. In his letter, DeFazio stated that the dramatic increase in airline passengers assaulting other passengers as well as crewmembers requires a strong federal response.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed civil penalties totaling $1,228,671 against five companies for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights. The cases are as follows:
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today commended the Biden Administration for its new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks and embrace zero-emission vehicles.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- This week, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined CNN’s Jessica Dean on CNN Newsroom and Kate Bolduan on At This Hour to discuss the need for Congress to include transformational investments and policies in any infrastructure legislation that gets sent to the president’s desk.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) founders and co-chairs of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today issued the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
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By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2021
There were 11 press releases published by the Federal Aviation Administration in July 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led her Republicans colleagues on the committee in a letter to Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, and Jaime Pinkham, the Acting Assistant ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled, “Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact." Video of DeFazio’s opening statement is here. More information on the hearing can be found here.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee; Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the EPW Subcommittee on ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled, “Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact":
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented an alternative air traffic procedure for arrivals to Runway 19 at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
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By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reintroduced legislation that aims to address the needs of the offshore wind industry and train new and incumbent workers through a new grant ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of measures during a committee markup today, including bipartisan legislation led by Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) to preclude new foreign airlines from operating to and from the United States that exploit “flags of convenience" to avoid the regulations of their home countries, or otherwise undermine labor standards. The legislation is now ready for consideration on the House floor.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved the Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility (E-BRIDGE) Act, in addition to legislation that improves coordination of the development of advanced air mobility, improves the disaster damage assessment process...
