By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - All safety, efficiency and economic indicators show that air travel in the United States is strong, according to the FAA Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years (FY) 2019-2039. With aircraft operations expected to increase more than 25 percent over the next 20 years, the FAA is advancing major airspace modernization and infrastructure improvements to meet this tremendous projected growth.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Tom Udall (D - N.M.), top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, released a letter from the Environmental Protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Congressman Mike...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), former governor of Delaware and top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after meeting with President Trump and Congressional leaders at the White House to discuss infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced a House delegation will participate in a tour of the Gateway Tunnel project and a roundtable discussion on Thursday, May 2, and Friday, May 3, 2019. The roundtable, to be held on the morning of May 3, 2019, will be livestreamed. Additional details, including roundtable participants, will be released soon.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Members’ Day Hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft interim guidance for addressing groundwater contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and/or perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), two specific per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019 discussion draft. The discussion draft provides practical reforms to the nation's nuclear waste management policy to ensure the federal government's legal obligations to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste are fulfilled.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Congressman Don...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the first air carrier certification to a drone delivery company, Wing Aviation.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: NEW CASTLE, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) went below the deck of the Delaware Memorial Bridge and walked the steel catwalk to view where ship collisions prevention improvements will be made.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: GEORGETOWN, Del. - This morning, ahead of events commemorating Earth Day 2019, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the importance of this celebration...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: A Bold and WILD Act in Support of Wyoming's Wildlife Heritage
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: NOTE: Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Jason T. Smith (R-Mo.) hope to repeal the tax credit, which probably will survive because it does something that government enjoys doing: It transfers wealth upward by subsidizing affluent individuals and large economic entities.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso April 17, 2019 Jackson Hole News & Guide Wyoming is home to some of the most incredible wildlife on the planet. People travel from all over the world to experience our state's natural beauty and see our thriving populations of bison, grizzly bears, mule deer, wolves and ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BALTIMORE, Md. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), gave the kickoff speech at the organizer training for a nationwide canvassing campaign being run this summer by U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. P.I.R.G.) and Environment ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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) responded to President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders to ease the permitting process for oil and gas pipelines, weakening the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Heightened public awareness of the serious safety risk posed by lasers reduced the total number of laser strikes for the second consecutive year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a pilot program to help prepare people with disabilities for careers in air traffic operations.
