By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and co-founder of the Senate Recycling Caucus, released the following statement to highlight America Recycles Day on November 15.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a new report that reinforces the bipartisan concerns of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders related to the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) $12 billion plan and initial contract to build a new class of cutter, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a new report that reinforces the bipartisan concerns of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders related to the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) $12 billion plan and initial contract to build a new class of cutter, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Departments of Transportation, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security and State have established a new web portal where airline passengers can obtain updated information on how to Fly Healthy this holiday season. The portal walks you through every step of the process: plan your travel; at the airport; aboard the aircraft; arrival at your destination, and returning home.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Committee Chairs across the House of Representatives sent letters directing the White House and more than 50 federal agencies within their jurisdictions to comply with federal record-keeping laws and preserve information responsive to congressional subpoenas and investigations.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2020
News Release: Springfield, OR - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will accept applications from airport sponsors through Dec. 17, 2020, under the Fiscal Year 2021 Military Airport Program (MAP). The MAP provides funding to help develop former military airports or designated joint-use military airfields for civilian use.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced the three-year Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) successfully concluded on Oct. 25. Eight of the nine state, local and tribal governments that participated in the program have signed new agreements with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue to tackle remaining UAS integration challenges.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO) sent a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO) sent a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting the agency...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senate Environmental Justice co-founders Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) released the following statements to honor National Native American Heritage Month, which begins on Nov. 1, and to underscore the work needed to achieve equity and improve environmental quality and infrastructure investment in this nation's Native American communities.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
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 | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: America's Conservation Enhancement Act will reauthorize or establish several important government wildlife conservation programs.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: SMYRNA, Del - While the challenges facing conservation continue to climb, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined with some of America's leading conservation groups to celebrate passage of America's Conservation Enhancement (ACE) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 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), released the following statement on the Trump administration's final rule regarding the gray wolf. The final rule delists the gray wolf in the lower 48 states from the endangered species list.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, expressing their concern with the Trump administration’s rule to roll back limits on discharges of toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: DEWEY BEACH, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after a briefing with officials about an oil spill that has reached Delaware's beaches.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: DEWEY BEACH, Del. - On the heels of the hottest decade ever recorded on Earth, and as higher sea surface temperatures continue to fuel one of the most active Atlantic hurricane seasons in history, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold its second annual National Drone Safety Awareness Week, Nov. 16 to 22, 2020. The FAA is committed to ensuring the safety of the National Airspace System as we continue to integrate drones and other new technologies. Drone Safety Awareness Week is an opportunity for others to share their commitment to drone safety.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: “In Wyoming, we have seen what happens when activist judges abuse the Endangered Species Act. The case of the grizzly bear shows us why we need more judges who uphold the law."
