By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement on a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General (IG) which found that the Trump Administration delayed informing residents in several Illinois communities about the increased health risks of exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 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 hosted a press conference along with Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) focused on infrastructure. During the press conference, Senator Capito and her Republican colleagues mapped out what a real bipartisan infrastructure package should look like.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 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 Members’ Day Hearing on the infrastructure priorities of non-committee Members. Video of DeFazio’s opening statement is here. More information on the hearing, including a livestream and a list of Member testimony, can be found here.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after an all-day, bipartisan hearing during which 63 non-committee Members submitted testimony to layout their districts’ infrastructure needs. The Members’ Day hearing comes on the heels of the release of the Biden-Harris administration’s American Jobs Plan, and ahead of the Committee’s plan to markup a surface transportation bill next month.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) joined U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), House Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing entitled, “Long-term Solvency of the Highway Trust Fund: Lessons Learned from the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Program and Other User-based Revenue Solutions, and How Funding Uncertainty Affects the Highway Programs." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement applauding President Biden's nominations to the Environmental Protection Agency: Michal Freedhoff for Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Radhika Fox for Assistant Administrator for Water, and Faisal Amin for Chief Financial Officer...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 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 released the below statement following her vote opposing Brenda Mallory as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today voted with a bipartisan majority in the Senate to confirm Brenda Mallory to be Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) by a vote of 53-45. Before the vote, Senator Carper spoke in favor of Mallory's confirmation on the Senate floor and urged his colleagues to support her nomination.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement regarding a letter sent today by a wide array of transportation stakeholders calling for a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) implementation program...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: The following joint op-ed by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) was published today by Morning Consult...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1,562,990 civil penalty against the City of Anniston Ala., for alleged safety violations at Anniston Regional Airport.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Next week, the full committee will hold a Members’ Day Hearing for non-committee Members to testify about their infrastructure priorities.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Practical Steps Toward a Carbon-Free Maritime...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Springfield, OR - On the heels of the release of the Biden-Harris administration’s American Jobs Plan, and ahead of the committee’s plan to move a surface transportation reauthorization bill next month, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined members...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Drone pilots who have Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification can now take their required training courses online. The training ensures that they have the knowledge necessary to operate in accordance with the Operations Over People rule when it becomes effective on April 21, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: 4/8/2021. FAA Statement on Backup Power Control Unit Manufacturing Issue. Boeing notified the FAA late Thursday that it is recommending that operators of certain Boeing 737 MAX airplanes temporarily remove them from service to address a manufacturing issue that could affect the operation of a backup ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We write in regard to a matter critical to our Nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) authority to issue nationwide general permits for activities with limited environmental impact. This authority is integral to advancing...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 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, and U.S. Representative Sam Graves (R-Mo.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today sent a letter to President Joe Biden ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: In an average year, more than 16 million aircraft fly in U.S. skies and roll safely on airport runways and taxiways. When a runway incursion stemming from a pilot error occurs, it is a rare event, but it draws scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration, no matter if it involves a commercial airline or a small general aviation (GA) aircraft.
