By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 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 in support of the state of Wyoming's amicus brief which was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The amicus brief supports ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration's finalization of its roll back of the Obama-era vehicle fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards that have ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 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 rule from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that directs automakers to improve fuel efficiency by 1.5 percent per year through model year 2026.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today took a major step forward toward reintroducing supersonic commercial air travel with a proposed rulemaking to set noise certification standards for new supersonic aircraft.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE), along with U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Kristine Svinicki asking the agency to consider using its authority to temporarily defer the collection of fees and charges from NRC licensees.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) statement on the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in the House of Representatives...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a new database that will provide potential employers with rapid access to information about a pilot’s performance and employment records. This advancement will cut the amount of time for potential employers to review this information from 30 days to less than an hour.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act," sending it to the president’s desk to be signed into law. This legislation is the third in a series of relief packages related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and includes critical...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) applauded Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf for his decision to delay the REAL ID compliance deadline to Oct. 1, 2021. Last week, DeFazio joined Chair of the...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: NOTE: The FAA prepared this data before COVID-19 restrictions were placed on air travel to, from, and within the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) statement on the Senate’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing the Denver Metroplex project on March 26, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 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's (EPA) decision not to appeal a recent court ruling affecting small refineries under ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - The House Democrats’ newly-introduced legislation, H.R. 6379, the “Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act," includes multiple provisions that will help millions of workers in the aviation, railroad, and public transit sectors, as well as families that are at risk of losing...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 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 on the Senate confirmation of Katherine Lemos to be a member and chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. The Senate confirmed Lemos by unanimous consent.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans have released a COVID-19 Resource Guide cataloguing the actions taken by the various federal agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction during this unprecedented pandemic crisis.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) released the following joint statement regarding Speaker Pelosi’s special interest giveaway in response to the COVID-19 pandemic...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Homeland Security Committee, and 22 senators asked the Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to reverse course on its proposed rule on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), outlining concerns about the 45-day comment period and the devastating impacts that could come with removing penalties for companies that incidentally killing birds.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 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) responded to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to engage in planning for alternate medical facilities, in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.
