By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the organizational meeting and first committee hearing of the 117th Congress titled, “Protecting Transportation Workers and Passengers from COVID: Gaps in Safety, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps."
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community national #FlySafe campaign helps educate airmen about safety.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today would prevent the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking back disaster assistance funds that it mistakenly awarded to victims who applied for assistance in good faith and utilized that money to help rebuild their lives. A similar version of the bill (H.R. 5953 in the 116th Congress) previously passed the House by voice vote on November 17th last year.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the aviation community, and the National Football League to ensure safe, secure and efficient operations before, during and after Super Bowl LV. The Super Bowl will be held Feb. 7, 2021, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on President Biden's executive orders to jumpstart a whole-of-government approach to the climate crisis.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: A bill to enable the use of Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds to incentivize the early completion of critical runway and airport projects has been introduced in the House by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and senior Committee Member Garret Graves (R-LA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1,001,000 civil penalty against Weathervane Aviation Services, LLC, of Westport, Mass., for allegedly operating illegal charter flights.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today welcomed the Republican Members recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee to serve on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 117th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, Fla., - Raymond James Stadium in Tampa is a “No Drone Zone" for Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7, 2021. Drones also are prohibited around the Tampa Riverwalk for the NFL Super Bowl Experience during the days leading up to the event.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) released the following statements in response to President Biden prioritizing Department of Transportation scrutiny of the Trump administration’s rule...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) released the following statements applauding President Biden for prioritizing Federal agency scrutiny of the Trump administration’s “Dirty Water...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, filed an amicus brief today in the case of Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), et al., which is currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves and the last Vietnam War veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, released the following statement after President Biden initiated the process of formally re-entering the United States into the Paris Climate Accord.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking applications for two Aviation Workforce Development Grant programs aimed at developing and inspiring a more inclusive pool of pilots and aviation maintenance technicians to join the next generation of aviation professionals.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today released the following statements on the incoming administration’s expected revocation of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline between Canada and the United States...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Trump Administration's rollback of the Obama-Biden Clean Power Plan.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: After completing an assessment of potential environmental impacts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Space Florida’s application for a commercial space Reentry Site Operator License (RSOL) at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in Titusville, Fla.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, released a new report from the Government Accountability ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making it easier to research aviation safety guidance material from the Office of Aviation Safety (AVS).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), and Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV), Lucille...
