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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $157 million in airport infrastructure grants to 34 airports in 19 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the sixth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $2.8 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Airports in the U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $157 million in airport infrastructure grants to 34 airports in 19 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the sixth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $26.6 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 25 Airports in Alaska

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $157 million in airport infrastructure grants to 34 airports in 19 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the sixth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


Chair DeFazio Announces Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Will Testify at Hearing in October on the 737 MAX

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced Boeing Chairman, President, and CEO Dennis Muilenburg will testify at a Full Committee hearing of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 30, 2019. He will be accompanied by Chief Engineer of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes division John Hamilton and Chief Pilot for the 737 Captain Jennifer Henderson.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, rode a bicycle and joined local leaders at two stops to highlight how America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 (ATIA), a major bipartisan surface transportation infrastructure bill co-authored by Senator Carper, will help connect communities through pedestrian paths and bike trails while making multi-modal transportation safer and more accessible.


Chairs DeFazio, Larsen Statements from Hearing on FAA Reauthorization of 2018 Implementation

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: “A Work in Progress: Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018."


Statements from Ranking Members Sam Graves & Garret Graves on NTSB’s Boeing 737 MAX Recommendations

News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) today released the following statements on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) safety recommendations regarding the Boeing 737 MAX 8...


Ranking Members Sam Graves & Garret Graves Statements on FAA Reauthorization Implementation

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, “A Work in Progress: Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018":


Chairs DeFazio, Larsen React to NTSB Aviation Safety Recommendations

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (D-WA) responded to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) safety recommendations related to the ongoing investigations into Lion Air flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashes.


FAA Updates DroneZone

News Release: WASHINGTON - Upgrades to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) DroneZone now


Carper: President Trump is Retaliating Against California and “Governing with a Mob Boss Mentality”

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement reacting to the Environmental Protection Agency's letter today to California, purportedly expressing concerns about state-level environmental enforcement. This ...


Partisan Hearing to Build Impeachment Narrative Detracts from Real Committee Priorities

News Release: Instead of focusing on critical issues facing America’s infrastructure, including U.S. communities’ disaster readiness and ongoing recovery efforts or working to produce a bipartisan infrastructure package, the Committee today held a partisan hearing intended to help opponents of the President try to further the narrative on impeachment.


Chairs DeFazio, Titus Statements from Hearing on “Landlord and Tenant: The Trump Administration’s Oversight of the Trump International Hotel Lease”

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: “Landlord and Tenant: The Trump Administration’s Oversight of the Trump International Hotel Lease."


Ranking Members Sam Graves & Bob Gibbs Statements from Hearing on Coast Guard and Port Infrastructure

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “Coast Guard and Port Infrastructure: Built to Last?":


Grasping at Straws: The Search for an #ImaginaryImpeachment Offense

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member Mark Meadows (R-NC) from today’s hearing on the Old Post Office Building lease...


Chairs DeFazio, Maloney Statements from Hearing on Shoreside Infrastructure

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 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) during today’s hearing titled: “Coast Guard and Port Infrastructure: Built to Last?"


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.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a business meeting to consider a number of items: Aurelia Skipwith, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Katherine Lemos, to be a Member and Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard ...


T&I Republican Leaders Commend FAA & ICAO for Addressing International Pilot Training Issues

News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) today commended the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the assembly of international aviation regulators, ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), for addressing international pilot training standards and issues related to pilot dependency on cockpit automation.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $23.2 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 11 Airports in Virginia

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.