By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 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 Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled: “Efficiency and Resiliency in Federal Building Design and Construction."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
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 hearing entitled, “Efficiency and Resiliency in Federal Building Design and Construction":
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today introduced legislation creating a grant program for offshore wind energy job training. The Offshore ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety held a hearing on the nomination of William B. Kilbride to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Below is the hearing statement of EPW Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as submitted into the record...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 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) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX: Stakeholder Perspectives."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $742,677 civil penalty against AAR Airlift Group, Inc., of Palm Bay, Fla., for allegedly failing to properly document the maintenance performed on its fleet of Sikorsky helicopters and operating the fleet in violation of its operations specifications.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $97,500 civil penalty against Agrarflug Helilift GMBH & Co. of Ahlen, Germany, for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about how to avoid loss of control (LOC) accidents.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 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 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Efficiency and Resiliency...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent letters to Boeing, United Technologies Corp. (UTC), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting a timeline and supporting...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), former governor and top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released guidance for President Trump's executive order that, in clear violation of Congressional intent, undermines states' rights to review applications for Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certifications.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Order revoking the repair station certificate of Tandem Aviation, Inc., of Hialeah, Fla., for allegedly improperly servicing aircraft parts and falsifying maintenance records.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $203,100 civil penalty against GEE-BEE Aeroproducts of Palm Desert, Calif., related to the alleged manufacturing, advertising and installation of unapproved parts.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
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 on the letter sent by more than a dozen automakers to President Trump, in which they wrote, “We strongly believe the best path to preserve good auto jobs and keep new vehicles affordable for more Americans is a final [fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions] rule supported by all parties-including California."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 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 Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Under Pressure: The State of Trucking in America." ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 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) regarding the water quality certification process.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced legislation in the Senate with a group of 43 senators directing the Trump administration to meet the standards ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new Air Traffic Control Tower and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) at Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, N.C. The agency will invest $61 million in the new facility.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $840 million in airport infrastructure grants, the first allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), once again introduced legislation that would add the District of Columbia (D.C.) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal Zone Management Program, ...
