By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -Laser strikes against pilots increased in 2020 even with the overall decrease in air traffic operations. In 2020, pilots reported 6,852 laser strikes to the FAA. This is an increase from 6,136 laser strikes reported in 2019 and is the highest number reported to the agency since 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Today, bipartisan leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation called on the Federal Maritime Commission to ensure that ocean carriers are abiding by U.S. law and are not engaging in unjust and unreasonable shipping practices resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 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, this morning proposed to divert funds from the bloated, partisan COVID package to instead help pay for the bipartisan surface transportation infrastructure reauthorization bill. Unfortunately, the motion failed on a vote of 48-50.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the following statement after voting with Senate Democrats to pass the American Rescue Plan.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 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 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Full Steam Ahead for Rail: Why Rail is More Relevant Than Ever for Economic and Environmental Progress." This is the first Subcommittee hearing that newly elected Chair Payne will preside over.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: In Case You Missed It, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Republicans pressed their priorities for surface transportation reauthorization during an infrastructure meeting at the White House yesterday.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an op-ed for USA Today , U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, discussed the need to pass a bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization bill. The op-ed comes after the EPW Committee held its ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Rep. Peter DeFazio, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released the following statement after today’s bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Statement from Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) following today’s meeting at the White House to discuss infrastructure...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-As the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure prepares to advance surface transportation authorization legislation this spring, Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the Committee...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Statement of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) regarding the results of a Department of Transportation Inspector General investigation released today by the Committee Majority...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the report from the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (DOT OIG) ethics investigation into former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled: “Hearing on the Nominations of Brenda Mallory to serve as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Janet McCabe to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency." Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Brenda Mallory to serve as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Janet McCabe to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) renewed his call for passing a transformational infrastructure bill in the new Congress after the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave U.S. infrastructure an overall grade of C- on its 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “COVID-19’s Effects on U.S. Aviation and the Flight Path to Recovery":
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today selected five host airports to evaluate technologies and systems that could detect and mitigate potential safety risks posed by unmanned aircraft. The effort is part of the agency’s Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 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) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled, “COVID-19’s Effects on U.S. Aviation and the Flight Path to Recovery." Videos of DeFazio and Larsen’s opening statements are here and here. More information on the hearing can be found here.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: The bipartisan leadership of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee stressed to the U.S. Coast Guard the importance of an updated analysis of its fleet capabilities. Congress required the Service to provide an updated analysis, given the most recent version is outdated and no longer reflects current threats, missions, or recent experiences involving construction of new cutters.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress.
