By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing titled: “Building Back Better: Investing in Transportation while Addressing Climate Change, Improving Equity, and Fostering Economic Growth and Innovation." Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing entitled, “Building Back Better: Investing in Transportation while Addressing Climate Change, Improving Equity, and Fostering Economic Growth and Innovation." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works joined her colleagues Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: In case you missed it, this op-ed by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) was published by the Washington Times. In it, Graves argues that Congress’ path to improving America’s infrastructure is through partnership - not partisanship - in stark contrast to the Majority’s highly partisan budget reconciliation process.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Building Back Better: The Urgent Need for Investment in America’s Wastewater Infrastructure":
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 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 Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “Building...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) to reintroduce the Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National (GREEN) Streets Act. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: The FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) tonight that requires U.S. operators of airplanes equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines to inspect these engines before further flight.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today opened the application period for entities interested in serving as test administrators for The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST). Potential test administrators must submit their applications by March 31, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 22, 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 applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s announcement that it will move forward with publishing the regulatory determination for PFOA and PFOS in the Federal Register. This announcement comes days after Ranking Member Capito sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain regarding this very issue.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 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 Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining Equity in Transportation Safety Enforcement." This is the first hearing of the Subcommittee in the 117th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced three grants for infrastructure projects through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) FY2021 Airport Improvement Program. The grants, the first of approximately $3.2 billion in funding available through this program annually, will provide a total of $76 million to Chicago O’Hare International, Dallas-Fort Worth International and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airports.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 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 Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Building Back Better: The Urgent Need for Investment in America’s Wastewater Infrastructure." This is the first hearing of the Subcommittee in the 117th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will implement the Las Vegas Metroplex project on Feb. 25, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, proudly earned a 92 percent rating on the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) National Environmental Scorecard for fighting against efforts to threaten our environment and public health and championing Congressional action to combat the climate crisis.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 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 announced the following Republican staff hires for the committee...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Republicans detailed their opposition to the Majority’s budget reconciliation recommendations for spending nearly $100 billion in COVID-related measures. The recommendations were developed in an entirely partisan fashion and passed out of Committee last week without including any Republican amendments - even amendments that received bipartisan backing during Committee debate.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 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 sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain regarding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 16, 2021
News Release: In case you missed it, last week’s markup of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s budget reconciliation instructions - a $95.62 billion measure developed exclusively by the Majority - rejected over 50 Republican amendments. Commonsense amendments offered by Republican Members included proposals...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) rescinded guidance the Trump administration put in place in June 2018 regarding Capital Investment Grant (CIG) ...
