By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 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 nomination of Nicole R. Nason to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator and nominee Andrew Wheeler's responses to questions for the record.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing on the nomination of Nicole R. Nason to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 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), announced the chairmanships of the committee's four subcommittees for the 116th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) issued statements in response to the delays to our aviation system caused by the absurd government shutdown.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the election of Members to serve as Chair for each of the Committee’s six subcommittees in the 116th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 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 post-Fukushima rule finalized today by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC has decided to change course from the proposal and instead of requiring nuclear reactors to withstand seismic and flooding risks beyond their current design, the NRC has made these actions voluntary.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: The airspace around Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta is a “No Drone Zone" for Super Bowl LIII, on Feb. 3, 2019, and during three days leading up to the event.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and senior member of the committee Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA), responded to news that Newark Liberty International Airport was forced to halt all air traffic after two pilots reported seeing a drone flying nearby.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and senior member of the committee Representative Dina Titus (D-NV), sent a letter to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) Emily Murphy demanding responses to the...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to immediately launch an independent investigation ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the 115th Congress, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), made nuclear energy a top priority. Nuclear energy creates American jobs and is the largest source of carbon free energy. Throughout last Congress, Barrasso's leadership on nuclear energy issues resulted in a number of important successes.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Today, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) announced the Ranking Members of the panel’s six subcommittees for the 116th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Inspector General report released yesterday that found GSA failed to analyze the terms of its lease agreement with Trump Post Office, LLC in violation of the Foreign Emoluments and Presidential Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish a national mercury monitoring network to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track the environmental effects of emissions reductions. The senators previously introduced this bill in August 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the selection of Democratic Members to serve on the Committee in the 116th Congress. Selections were made by the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and approved by the Democratic Caucus.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today welcomed the Republican Members selected to serve on the Committee in the 116th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 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 nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led Democrats in questioning Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler in the committee's hearing on his nomination. Senator Carper urged the acting ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held the hearing on the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
