By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chairwoman-designate of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 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), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) issued the following statements after the president signed into law the Water Infrastructure Improvement ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 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) and committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE), along with Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Deb Fischer ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler asking for details ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Safety is the top priority for the FAA. Air traffic controllers and the technicians who maintain the nation’s airspace system continue to serve their critical mission to ensure the public’s safety. We are allocating resources based on risk assessment to meet all safety critical functions. If we identify an issue, we recall inspectors and engineers to address it. We sincerely thank FAA employees who are working to keep the traveling public and our skies safe.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the lineup of Republican staff directors for five of the panel’s six subcommittees.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), wrote to U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Secretary David Bernhardt urging him to extend the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler today to press for details on a sizable ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement on being unanimously reelected chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) for the 116th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement today on President Trump's selection of Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), and Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA), and Brian Mast (R-FL) introduced the Pay Our Coast Guard Parity...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 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 President Trump's nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2019
News Release: With the 116th Congress officially underway, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced key senior Republican staff appointments for the Committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after his selection as Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee for the 116th Congress...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 3, 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), praised the Senate's confirmation of...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is rolling back critical protections by asserting that it is no longer “appropriate and necessary" to regulate mercury and toxic air pollution from coal and oil fired plants under the Mercury Air Toxics Standards (MATS).
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today cleared the Santa One sleigh for its around-the-world flight on Christmas Eve after signing off on the installation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) avionics in Rudolph’s nose.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 23, 2018
News Release: Due to a lapse in funding, the FAA will only conduct “exempt" activities. Air traffic control is fully operational and there is no impact to safety or FAA oversight for travelers.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted a notice in the Federal Register soliciting qualified candidates to serve on the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). The committee provides an open venue for the FAA and stakeholders to identify and recommend consensus-based resolutions for issues related to integration of unmanned aircraft (UAS) into the National Airspace System.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several days after the conclusion of the COP24 climate conference in Poland, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined other Democrats on the Senate floor yesterday to discuss the urgent need for decisive action to fight climate ...
