By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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 Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) introduced the Clean Water for All Act, which would prohibit the implementation of the Trump administration’s...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Members participated in a virtual forum to hear from Maritime Administrator Admiral Mark H. Buzby (Ret.) about the maritime industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the steps being taken to protect workers on...
By US DOT Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1,291,621 civil penalty against the City of Chicago Department of Aviation for allegedly violating aircraft rescue and firefighting regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is accepting applications for on-the-spot hiring for operations aviation safety inspectors (ASIs). The ASI positions are for various facilities throughout the country.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after Frontier Airlines started offering a new charge for passengers trying to maintain distance on flights during the COVID-19 pandemic...
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, after the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee favorably reported America's Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2020 and the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 out of the committee, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) - co-founders ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 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 | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and EPW Committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statements after the committee's approved America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (AWIA 2020) and the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020. The legislation as amended passed the committee by a vote of 21 to 0.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) released the following statements on the committee's passage of America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (AWIA 2020) and the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020. The legislation as amended passed the committee by a vote of 21 to 0.
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the eight companies that will assist the Federal government in establishing requirements for future suppliers of Remote Identification (Remote ID). Remote ID will enable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly called drones, to provide identification and location information while operating in the nation’s airspace.
By US DOT Newswire | May 4, 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 on the nomination of Robert Feitel to be Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By US DOT Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate voted to unanimously confirm Robert Feitel to be inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Senate voted 87 to 0 to confirm Feitel.
By US DOT Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: In Case You Missed It, this op-ed by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), published in The Hill, discusses how new legislation will remove barriers to using Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants for completing broadband projects in rural and economically distressed communities.
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after leading U.S. airlines announced they would begin requiring cloth masks for frontline employees and passengers during check-in, boarding, in-flight, and deplaning in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19...
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released the following statement urging President Trump to release funding for FEMA to pay for burial costs for victims of COVID-19. In past disasters, FEMA has paid these costs...
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 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 Appropriations Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure...
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the 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) initiated a records request regarding the response of the Carnival Corporation, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGON-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI) that allows educational institutions and the agency to work collaboratively with students who pursue careers in UAS.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Members Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) commended the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today for actions it is taking to safely provide regulatory relief for the general aviation (GA) community due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 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 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) responded to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) findings into the deadly...
