By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 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, “Aligning Federal Surface Transportation Policy to Meet...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), applauded the enactment of an ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 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, “Looking Forward: Aviation 2050." The hearing will explore the future of U.S.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $161,500 civil penalty against Redtail Air of Moab, Utah, for allegedly operating an aircraft on more than 100 flights when it was not in an airworthy condition and for allegedly failing to perform maintenance on the damaged area of the aircraft.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “U.S. Maritime and Shipbuilding Industries: Strategies to Improve Regulation, Economic Opportunities, and Competitiveness":
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- In response to reports that the Trump White House intends to create a working group to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 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: “U.S. Maritime and Shipbuilding Industries: Strategies to Improve Regulation, Economic Opportunities, and Competitiveness."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Beyond the important contributions to our economy, U.S.-flag ships, U.S.-licensed mariners, and U.S. shipbuilders are vital to our national security. The U.S. military relies on U.S.-flag commercial vessels crewed by American Merchant Mariners to carry troops, weapons, and supplies to the battlefield.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 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 on the Senate floor regarding the Democrats' “Green New Deal" resolution.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 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 on “The Economic Benefits of Highway Infrastructure Investment and Accelerated Project Delivery."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “The Economic Benefits of Highway Infrastructure Investment and Accelerated Project Delivery." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, introduced the Clean Corridors Act of 2019, legislation that would provide grant funding for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen fueling infrastructure along designated corridors across the National Highway System.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) sent four letters to the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Management ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Representative Don Young (R-AK), and Representative John Katko (R-NY) introduced the bipartisan Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019 to address America’s crumbling wastewater infrastructure and local water quality challenges.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety held the hearing, “States' Role in Protecting Air Quality: Principles of Cooperative Federalism." Below is the statement of Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), as submitted for the record...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee released the following statement after the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that assessed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined with House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in sending letters ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 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 Water Resources and the Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “The Clean Water State Revolving Fund: How...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), ...
