By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a warning today that holiday laser-light displays aimed at houses become potentially dangerous when aimed into the sky.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) during today’s joint hearing titled “Where’s My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight Transportation."
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Tom Udall (D - N.M.), top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, made a joint statement after the EPA Inspector ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), top Democrat on the EPW Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, slammed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final guidance that redefines ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of 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) from today’s joint subcommittee hearing entitled, “Where’s My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight Transportation":
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: The Republican leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking that the agency maintain the 5.9GHz spectrum band specifically for transportation safety and reject a proposal that would reallocate some of that spectrum for non-transportation uses, which could impede the incorporation of safety technologies into the transportation network.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
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 “Legislative Hearing on a bill to create a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force."
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Barrasso welcomes Mr. Freeburn and Mr. Nesvik to the committee. Nesvik's testimony.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a legislative hearing on a bill to create a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
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 supporting the guidance issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clarify and improve New Source Review (NSR) permitting requirements.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Robert J. Feitel, of Maryland, to be Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Below is the opening statement of Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the EPW Committee, who presided as ranking member at today's subcommittee hearing...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled “The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Federal Aviation Administration’s Oversight of the Aircraft’s Certification."
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to express his opposition to the agency's recent proposal regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
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 passing of former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator William Ruckelshaus, who served as administrator in 1970 in the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $6,428,000 civil penalty against Deutsche Lufthansa AG of Frankfurt, Germany, for allegedly conducting almost 900 flights that were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) sent a letter...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Gibbs...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Dear Madam Speaker: Over the years, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has been perhaps the most bipartisan committee in the House of Representatives, a tradition that has translated into its ability to get things done for our districts, the economy, and the American people. This bipartisan...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $6.8 million in airport infrastructure grants to three airports in the state of Oklahoma. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $18 million in airport infrastructure grants to three airports in the state of Michigan. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.
