By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing titled “Better, Faster, Cheaper, Smarter, and Stronger: Infrastructure Development Opportunities to Drive Economic Recovery and Resiliency." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 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), slammed House Democrats for passing a partisan infrastructure bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) released statements after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s watchdog released its report, “Timeline of Activities Leading...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 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 “Better, Faster, Cheaper, Smarter, and Stronger: Infrastructure Development Opportunities to Drive Economic Recovery and Resiliency."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the business meeting to vote on the Nominations of three individuals to fill offices within the Tennessee Valley Authority. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 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 committee business meeting.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: The following are the prepared remarks of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s opening debate on the Speaker’s partisan infrastructure wish list bill (H.R. 2):
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment Chairwoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: The grants are awarded to 347 Airports in 46 States and 4 Territories.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award nearly $800 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 46 states, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Marshall Islands.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In light of President Trump's recent dismissals and demotions of several Inspectors General, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del,), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced that he is unable to support the nomination of Katherine A. Crytzer of ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to push for an extension of the finalization of the Environmental Impact Statement as it relates to the Pebble Mine Project, due to concerns over lack of consultation and communication with local tribes and communities.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), during the Rules Committee meeting on H.R. 2 The Moving Forward Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) expressed their ongoing concerns over the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to approve Ligado’s application to use a...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan infrastructure wish list bill...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: “China, not America, lied about its contributions to the spread of the coronavirus and a changing climate. It should be held accountable for both."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR) was joined by Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 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), slammed the partisan markup of the House Democrats' transportation infrastructure bill. The legislation advanced out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a party line vote. This vote stands in stark contrast to America's Transportation Infrastructure Act which passed the EPW Committee by a unanimous vote of 21 to 0.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) responded to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) finalization of the rule to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail tank car.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -After more than 24 hours of debate that included the consideration of 177 amendments, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act. The INVEST in America...
