By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a virtual briefing for local media on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the South-Central Florida Metroplex. The project proposes changes to air traffic procedures for Miami (MIA) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (FLL) international airports ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) are marking the 100thAnniversary of the Jones Act, a fundamental piece of U.S. maritime...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today applauded the Administration’s Executive Order targeted at reducing infrastructure project delays throughout the Executive Branch...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 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 responded to President Trump’s Executive Order to waive critical environmental reviews due to the current...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing, “Infrastructure: The Road to Recovery." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would warp the cost-benefit analysis for its regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), along with Representatives John P. Sarbanes (D-Md.), Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and other members of Congress, in sending a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging continued investment in the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 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 “Infrastructure: The Road to Recovery."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on President Trump's executive order that will fast track projects to ignore environmental laws, including under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), released text of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act, a key component of the Moving Forward Framework that House...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) issued the following joint statement in support of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s order to suspend scheduled passenger flights of Chinese air carriers to and from the United States...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) made the following joint statement in response to today’s release of Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio’s surface transportation reauthorization bill...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalizing its rulemaking on Hazardous Air Pollutants, which includes ethylene oxide, from the manufacturing sector.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a virtual Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) public meeting. Link to the agenda.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 1, 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) finalized its proposed rule that changes the permit certification process under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), curtailing states' power to review, modify or deny permits for federally permitted projects.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: “Democrats in the House should follow the Senate's lead. It's time to find real solutions for the American people and economy."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 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), issued the following statement on the Trump administration's final regulations regarding Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday will hold a virtual briefing for local media on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the South-Central Florida Metroplex. The project proposes changes to air traffic procedures for Tampa (TPA), St. Pete-Clearwater (PIE) and Sarasota Bradenton International airports. The agency also will talk about upcoming virtual workshops where the public can learn more about the Draft EA and ask questions of agency experts.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s online hearing entitled, “Status of the U.S. Maritime Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic":
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 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 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) during today’s hearing titled: “The Status of the U.S. Maritime Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Members and witnesses appeared by videoconference.
