By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) released the following statements on Congress passing the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA 2020). The legislation was included in the omnibus. The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 91 to 7. The bill will now go to President Trump to be signed into law.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after passage of his bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2020, which includes his provision to ensure that Harbor Maintenance funds are actually used for harbor maintenance. This measure now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) applauded the House for approving the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) as part of the year-end omnibus and COVID relief legislative package.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of members of Congress and stakeholders have voiced support for the bipartisan environmental innovation agreement legislation included in the Continuing Resolution. The agreement was announced earlier today by Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and the bipartisan leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee secured the inclusion of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA 2020 ) in the legislation to fund the government.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
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 the transportation funding-related provisions included in the emergency coronavirus relief and omnibus spending package.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE), and Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and John Kennedy (R-LA) announced a historic, bipartisan agreement to include multiple pieces of environmental innovation legislation in the omnibus.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the inclusion of bipartisan environmental innovation legislation and bipartisan water infrastructure legislation in the bill to fund the government.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined EPW Chairman John Barrasso (R- Wyo.) and Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and John Kennedy (R-La.) in announcing a historic, bipartisan agreement to include multiple pieces of climate legislation in the continuing resolution. The continuing resolution will now include...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Tom Carper (D-DE), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) and the bipartisan leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee secured the inclusion of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA 2020) in the legislation to fund the government.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Tonight, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) applauded the House for approving the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) as part of the year-end omnibus and COVID relief legislative package.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its government partners released an update to Runway to Recovery: The United States Framework for Airlines and Airports to Mitigate the Public Health Risks of Coronavirus framework. Version 1.1, referred to as R2R 1.1 , which updates, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, the FAA has determined that pilots may receive the vaccine under the conditions of their FAA-issued airman medical certification. FAA Air Traffic Controllers, who are subject to FAA medical clearance, may also receive the vaccine.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2020
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 regarding President-elect Biden's nomination of U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement in response to the news that all freight, Amtrak, intercity, and commuter railroads will meet the Dec. 31, 2020 deadline for implementing positive train control (PTC):
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties of $15,000 and $7,500, respectively, against two airline passengers for allegedly interfering with and assaulting flight attendants who instructed them to wear face coverings.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
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 after President-elect Biden appointment former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to serve as the White House Climate Czar.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
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 regarding President-elect Biden's nomination of Brenda Mallory to serve as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
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 regarding President-elect Biden's nomination of former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding President-elect Biden's nomination of Michael Regan to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
