By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 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 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defied a court order, withdrew its 2011 regulatory determination and made a final decision not ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: A five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill to allow states and non-federal partners to more efficiently plan, expedite, and undertake important infrastructure projects, provide safer and more efficient movement of goods and people, and address needs of communities of all sizes was introduced in the House by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Consideration of House Democrats’ “My Way or the Highway" bill (H.R. 2) began yesterday and continues into a second day today. Below are letter and statement excerpts from a variety of transportation, business, and labor stakeholders about concerns with H.R. 2 and support for provisions and principles of Republicans’ alternative reauthorization proposal, the STARTER Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 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) during today’s markup of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a virtual Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting from noon to 3 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 19.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA), Stephen M. Dickson, today affirmed that the Boeing 737 MAX will only return to service following the completion of a comprehensive and rigorous review process.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s markup of surface transportation reauthorization legislation (H.R. 2):
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 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 an oversight hearing titled “Responding to the Challenges Facing Recycling in the United States."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing, “Responding to Challenges in the U.S. Recycling System." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee's hearing to examine challenges facing the U.S. recycling industry, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the EPW Committee, and Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.), member of the committee - both co-chairs of the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considers partisan highway legislation, stakeholders look to the Senate's bipartisan bill as a model.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a Full Committee markup Wednesday, June 17, at 10:00AM EDT to consider the following measure...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about safety, including loss of control, power plant failure and controlled flight into terrain.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 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) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 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) during today’s hearing titled: “On the Front Lines: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled, “On the Front Lines: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers":
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor in support of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), which would fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) last week officially introduced the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America ) Act during a pro forma session in the House. The INVEST...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Full Committee will hold a hearing titled, “On the Front Lines: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers." Members and witnesses will appear by videoconference.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, the Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following...
