By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) announced subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - 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 Congress required the Service to provide an updated analysis, given the most recent version is outdated and no longer reflects current threats, missions, or recent experiences involving construction of new cutters.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 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation community national #FlySafe campaign helps educate airmen about safety.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined that pilots and others who perform safety sensitive duties may receive the vaccine under the conditions of their FAA-issued airman medical certification. FAA and contract air traffic controllers, who are subject to FAA medical clearance, may also receive the vaccine.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $27,500 civil penalty against an airline passenger for allegedly interfering with and assaulting a flight attendant.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: The FAA is accepting applications nationwide from people with experience in controlling air traffic, such as former civilian and military controllers. The application period is Feb. 26 - Mar. 2, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 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 Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “COVID-19’s Effects on U.S. Aviation and the Flight Path to Recovery." This is the Subcommittee’s first hearing in the 117th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) requested the Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after meeting today with Janet McCabe, President Joe Biden's nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) requested the Comptroller General of the U.S.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) are requesting the U.S. Government Accountability...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) are requesting the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) review...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General (IG)'s request for the Biden Administration to reconsider the Trump Administration's refusal to adequately ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has assessed $5.4 million in deferred civil penalties against The Boeing Company for failing to meet its performance obligations under a 2015 settlement agreement. The Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer also agreed to pay $1.21 million to settle two pending FAA enforcement cases.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statements after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General finalized the second of...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 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 Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) during today’s hearing titled, “Examining Equity in Transportation Safety Enforcement." Video of DeFazio and Norton’s opening statements are here and here. More information on the hearing can be found here.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s hearing entitled, “Examining Equity in Transportation Safety Enforcement":
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: In case you missed it, op-eds by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure members, Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Randy Weber (R-TX), were featured in The Washington Times’ “Infrastructure: Where the U.S. is going in 2021 and beyond " special section today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: The FAA announced the application period for entities to become FAA Approved UAS Service Suppliers of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC). The application period opens on May 3, 2021.
