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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $495 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 327 Airports in 46 States and the Pacific Islands

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $12.7 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Five Airports in Washington State

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $8.6 Million Infrastructure Grant to Airports in Virginia

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $1 Million Infrastructure Grant for South Dakota Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


House Passes Rep. DeFazio Amendment to Stop Trump Administration from Fast-Tracking Authorization to Move LNG by Rail Tank Car

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to H.R. 3055 offered by Rep. Peter DeFazio, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from finalizing a rulemaking and issuing a special permit to allow the transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by rail tank car. A comment period on the special permit is set to close July 8, 2019.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $10.9 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Airports in Pennsylvania

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


ICYMI, Graves on Fox Business: In Recent Airline Crash Investigations, the Goal Must Be Safety, Not Scapegoating

News Release: In case you missed it, this column, written by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), was published at FoxBusiness.com and calls for all potential safety factors in the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines accidents to be investigated.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) performed a crashworthiness test on a Fokker F28 aircraft at the Landing and Impact Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Facility in Hampton, VA on Thursday, June 20, 2019.


Subcommittee on Highways and Transit to Hold Roundtable on Mobility on Demand

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), announced the Subcommittee will hold a roundtable titled, “Examining the Role of Mobility on Demand (MOD) ...


Barrasso Statement on CEQ’s Proposed NEPA Guidance

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 Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) proposed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) guidance on the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions.


Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize funds for, reinforce, and support the United States Coast Guard.


Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment to Hold Hearing on “Protecting and Restoring America’s Iconic Waters”

News Release: Washington, DC- 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), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Protecting and Restoring America’s Iconic...


Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019

News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize funds for, reinforce, and support the United States Coast Guard.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement today slamming proposed guidance issued by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) that agencies are not required to consider long-term climate impacts in environmental assessments of federal projects.


Chairs DeFazio, Lipinski and 51 House Members Press Amtrak CEO For Answers About Reported Decision to Reduce the Number of Amtrak Police

News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), and 51 Members sent a letter to the President and CEO of Amtrak expressing concerns over possible cuts...


Crawford Statement from Hearing to Review the State of the Rail Workforce

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “The State of the Rail Workforce":


Rep. Sam Graves & Garret Graves Statements from Hearing on Boeing 737 MAX: Stakeholder Perspectives

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, “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX: Stakeholder Perspectives":