By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage communities across the country, worsening the economic crisis in its wake, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released an updated staff analysis describing how state authorities are - or, in some cases, are not - protecting residents from utility disconnections during this time of extraordinary economic hardship.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and 23-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves, and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and member of the EPW Committee, released the following statements after the Senate voted to approve the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019 (DERA) as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate passed S. 383, the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 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 in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) entering into a Memorandum of Understanding ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing “Stopping the Spread: Examining the Increased Risk of Zoonotic Disease from Illegal Wildlife Trafficking." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 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), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Stopping the Spread: Examining the Increased Risk of Zoonotic Disease from Illegal Wildlife Trafficking."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020, legislation to authorize funds for, reinforce, and support the United States Coast Guard, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House passed similar legislation in...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020, legislation to authorize funds for, reinforce, and support the United States Coast Guard, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House passed similar...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, 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); Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Gary Peters (D-MI); Chair of...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following calls from U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and 20 of their colleagues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted unanimously ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Act (MTSERA), introduced by Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and the Elijah E. Cummings Mariner Workforce Development Act introduced by Chair of the House Subcommittee on...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, as part of their ongoing investigation into the design, development and certification of the Boeing 737 MAX, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), asked the top official...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact-Record of Decision for the Las Vegas Metroplex project. The document, as well as the Final Environmental Assessment, are available on the Las Vegas Metroplex environmental website.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Science, Space, and Technology Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence today demanding that the White House direct...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
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 markup of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today released the following statement regarding the final rule to modernize outdated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, as announced by White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Mary B. Neumayr...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA 2020) favorably out of Committee, where it now heads to the House Floor for a vote. This legislation provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to carry out water resources development projects and studies, as well as policy direction to the Corps for implementation of its Civil Works missions.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that Pakistan has been assigned a Category 2 rating because it does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards under the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - 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) today condemned the Trump administration for finalizing a rule to gut the environmental review process under...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) from today’s Full Committee markup of H.R. 7575, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, of which Graves and Westerman are both cosponsors...
