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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $1,311,606 in airport safety and infrastructure grants to two airports in Maryland. This investment in Maryland’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $4.6 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to five airports in Connecticut. This investment in Connecticut’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $1 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to Laurence G. Hanscom Field in Massachusetts to fund rehabilitation of an aircraft parking apron, and reconstruction ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award a $13,765,958 million airport safety and infrastructure grant to Los Angeles International Airport in California to fund installation of perimeter fencing. This investment in Los Angeles International Airport is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $90.32 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to airports in Illinois. This investment in Illinois’ airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $15.74 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to 25 airports in Iowa. This investment in Iowa’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: Grants will help keep our nation's airports in good shape and make air travel a better experience for passengers.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $20.05 Million to 27 Airports in Kansas

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $20.05 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to 27 airports in Kansas. This investment in Kansas’ airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $7.43 Million to Two Airports in Missouri

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $7.43 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to two airports in Missouri. This investment in Missouri’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


Chair DeFazio Responds to Army Corps Environmental Impact Statement on Pebble Mine

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) responded to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) preliminary final environmental impact statement on the Pebble Mine Project.


Carper: Let’s Choose to Save Our One and Only Planet

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), spoke on the Senate floor to highlight the Clean Economy Act, his legislation with 33 Senate cosponsors that would empower the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to both set and move the country toward a national goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by no later than 2050.


Mark Your Calendar for the 2020 UAS Symposium

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) will co-host the 5th Annual FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium on June 16-18, 2020, at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.


Ranking Member Meadows Statement from Hearing on Animals in Disasters

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member Mark Meadows (R-NC) from today’s Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Animals in Disasters":


Chairs DeFazio, Titus Statements from Hearing on Welfare of Animals During Disasters

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 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled: “Animals in Disasters."


Chairs DeFazio, Larsen Statement on Southwest Airlines Safety Oversight Report

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) issued the following statements regarding the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General report on FAA’s safety oversight of Southwest Airlines.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on how the Senate is ready to answer President Trump's call to pass America's Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA). Barrasso is the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW).


What They’re Saying: The Clean Economy Act of 2020

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, was joined by 33 senators in introducing legislation that would put our country on a pathway toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by no later than 2050.


Ranking Members Sam Graves & Garret Graves Statements from Hearing on the Future of the U.S. Aviation Workforce

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “Looking Forward: The Future of America’s Aviation Maintenance and Manufacturing Workforce":


Chairs DeFazio, Larsen Statements from Hearing on Aviation Maintenance and Manufacturing Workforce

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 Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “Looking Forward: The Future of America’s Aviation Maintenance and Manufacturing Workforce."


House Introduces Resolution Opposing Rollbacks to National Environmental Policy Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) led the introduction of a resolution opposing changes proposed by the Trump Administration to make significant rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The resolution is co-sponsored by House Committee on Natural Resources...