By US DOT Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: EPW Chairman expresses deep concerns with any legislative effort to extend or expand the electric vehicle tax credit.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks opposing the Democrats' Congressional Review Act to eliminate the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The Congressional Review Act resolution failed 41 to 53. It was a bipartisan vote in favor of the ACE rule and against the Clean Power Plan.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
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 opening remarks as delivered from Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) during today’s hearing titled “Examining the Future of Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities."
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s hearing entitled, “Examining the Future of Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities":
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Barrasso welcomes Dr. Cook to the committee. Cook's testimony.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Examining the Impacts of Diseases on Wildlife Conservation and Management." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 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 “Examining the Impacts of Disease on Wildlife Conservation and Management."
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Late last week, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General Calvin L. Scovel III requesting an investigation into Secretary Elaine Chao and her reported conflicts of...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: The FAA will hold a Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting on Oct. 17, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) strongly urged Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO Logan Green to reconsider their companies’ participation at a congressional hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The Subcommittee...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- 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), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative: ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the appointment of Michael Falencki as Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Falencki is replacing the Subcommittee’s departing Staff Director, Murphie Barrett.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that all 20,000 rebates offered to general aviation aircraft owners to equip their aircraft with a new surveillance technology have been issued and are no longer available.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting on Oct. 17, 2019. The DAC is a broad-based, long-term federal advisory committee that provides the FAA with advice on key Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) integration issues by helping to identify challenges and prioritize improvements.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - 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 after the Joint Authorities Technical Review, or JATR, released its report that assessed how both...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Joint Statement of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) on today’s Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) of the 737 MAX certification...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) reacted to news of the DC appeals court ruling that Mazars USA LLP, the accounting firm that prepared financial statements for President Trump, must comply with the congressional subpoena for the President’s financial records...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of 23 members to DOT’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has established the Women in Aviation Advisory Board.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement regarding the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) Initiative to address rural infrastructure. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the establishment of ROUTES earlier today.
