By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 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 Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX."
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 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 “Oversight of the Council on Environmental Quality."
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the intent to award $779 million in supplemental funding for infrastructure grants to 127 airports in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Council on Environmental Quality." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the Republic of Costa Rica does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and has been assigned a Category 2 rating based on a reassessment of the country’s civil aviation authority.
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, sent five letters asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct five separate studies examining the manifold ways in which climate change poses a threat to the ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 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 on the rally in favor of the so-called “Green New Deal." The rally will feature Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ed Markey (D-MA), as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: The last few hundred of the $500 Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) rebate reservations offered to general aviation aircraft owners by the FAA are gone.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 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 Impacts of State-Owned Enterprises on Public Transit and Freight Rail Sectors." During the hearing, Members will examine whether changes to federal policies are needed to ensure a fair rolling stock market that serves the interests of American taxpayers and transit riders.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: Only a few hundred of the $500 GA Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) rebate reservations being offered by the FAA remain.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Congress works to tackle the widespread, complex issue of addressing PFAS contamination, yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined a bipartisan group of senators in announcing the introduction of the PFAS ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Yesterday, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO); Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL); and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Chair...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Yesterday, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO); Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL); and Subcommittee on Water Resources and...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures by voice vote, including the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, the DISASTER Act, the Transparency in Federal Buildings Projects Act of 2019, and nearly two dozen General Services Administration (GSA) Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures by voice vote, including the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, the DISASTER Act, the Transparency in Federal Buildings Projects Act of 2019, and nearly two dozen General Services Administration (GSA) Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) during today’s hearing titled: “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Maritime Infrastructure Vulnerabilities in an Emerging Arctic."
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Maritime Infrastructure Vulnerabilities in the Arctic":
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), penned an op-ed in the May/June edition of Electroindustry Magazine laying out how his recently introduced Clean Corridors Act of 2019 will propel the buildout of America's ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Program. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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), secured commitment from the Army Corps of Engineers to work with Wyoming on flood prevention during an oversight hearing on their civil works program.
