By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), delivered testimony at a public EPA hearing on the agency's recent proposal that puts the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards in legal jeopardy. Before his testimony, Senator Carper and ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement reacting to EPA's final rule banning consumer uses of methylene chloride but allowing its continued use in commercial settings...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement reacting to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) issuance of Records of Decision (RODs) for their amendments to the 2015 greater sage grouse conservation plans...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the agency to resist alleged calls by the Department of Defense (DOD), National Aeronautic and Space ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Aligning Federal Surface Transportation Policy to Meet 21st Century Needs":
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Statement from Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO): “The FAA is the world’s leading aviation safety agency, and I continue to stand by that. I support the decisions of their experts as they continue to gather and analyze data and evidence from this tragic accident. Now it is important that we get all the...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Statement 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): “Despite repeated assurances from the FAA in recent days, it has become abundantly clear to us that not only should the...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 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), highlighted the importance of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) to communities in Wyoming. Barrasso noted several school districts in Wyoming have used funds from the DERA program to replace aging school buses, both to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 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), delivered the following remarks on the Democrats' Green New Deal resolution.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing to examine S. 747, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery and submitted into the record...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 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), delivered the following remarks at a “Hearing to Examine S. __, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2019."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 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) during today’s hearing titled: “Aligning Federal Surface Transportation Policy to Meet 21st Century Needs."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
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, “Looking Forward: Aviation 2050":
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - “In the coming days, it is absolutely critical that we get answers as to what caused the devastating crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and whether there is any connection to what caused the Lion Air accident just five months ago. I remain concerned that international aviation...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Aviation explored what the Nation’s aviation system and infrastructure may look like 30 years into the future. Witnesses representing NASA, aviation and technology companies, and pilots highlighted the need for the United States to remain competitive globally in aviation by...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: "Looking Forward: Aviation 2050."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and committee ranking member Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), released the following statements in response to President Trump signing the bipartisan Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act into law.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined with EPW Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducing the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s budget release.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: During a meeting between the co-chairs of the Bilateral Oversight Board (BOB) at the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Headquarters in Washington, D.C., the officials with FAA and the European Union (EU) signed two decisions associated with the Airworthiness Annex of the U.S./EU Safety Agreement.
