By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), introduced a bill (S. 3779) that would establish a grant program ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Delaware's Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), celebrated the passage of the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018, which included legislation they led in the House and Senate that adjusts ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
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) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), chair and ranking member of the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, released the following statements on the Senate's passage of S. 512 , the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA).
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan legislation to provide greater flexibility and ease burdens on local communities working to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) wastewater and storm water standards under the Clean Water Act was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday evening by a vote of 351 to 10.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to several Trump Administration cabinet members and officials demanding information regarding the New York Times ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler demanding EPA immediately finalize its proposed ban of ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led all EPW minority members in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler calling for the agency to reverse course on a proposal that ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement regarding the agreement reached at the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24)...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Let me start by congratulating Virgin Galactic on a successful flight and return from space for the first time since 2004. We applaud your determination and pioneering spirit that delivered today’s milestone flight.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), wrote to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) expressing grave concerns regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed reconsideration of the Supplemental ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Dan Elwell today named D. Kirk Shaffer as the FAA Associate Administrator for Airports, effective December 17. In this position, Shaffer will oversee the annual Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Since 2017 through the AIP program, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: With the holiday season upon us, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to make sure your laser-light displays are aimed at your house and not into the sky.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at 10:00 am in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building to consider General Services Administration (GSA) Capital Investment and Leasing Program (CILP) prospectuses.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders’ statements in response to today’s announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers of a proposed rulemaking to define and clarify “Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Senator Chris Coons, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester and Governor John Carney (all D-Del.) announced a $22.25 million Department of Transportation (DOT) Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
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 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announcement of the proposed replacement of the definition of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA) released the following statements after the Trump administration released a proposal to significantly limit which of our Nation’s waterways are protected by the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced a replacement proposal for the Clean Water Rule. The new proposal redefines Waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act of 1972 and guts protections for certain streams and wetlands.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is developing new flight paths for aircraft flying over Central and South Florida. The project is called South-Central Florida Metroplex and the Agency will ask the public for input as it develops the new air traffic control procedures.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a rule providing that upwind states meet their “good neighbor" requirements of the 2016 Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) for ozone-season nitrogen oxides based on the outdated 2008 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone.
