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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), celebrated Senate passage of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) - a major bipartisan, bicameral water infrastructure bill that Senator Carper co-authored along with ...

Barrasso Secures Key Wyoming Projects in Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Bill

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 passage of S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

Wyoming Supports Barrasso’s Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Legislation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A broad group of Wyoming leaders and stakeholders have voiced support for Sen. John Barrasso's (R-WY) bipartisan legislation, S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

Congress Passes America’s Water Infrastructure Act

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), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee ranking member Ben Cardin (D-MD) released the following statements on the Senate's passage of S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

Carper Leads Senators to Call on Acting Administrator Wheeler to Uphold Rule of Law at EPA

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led the committee's minority members in urging Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to stay firm on his commitment to “restoring the rule of law" at the Environmental Protection ...

Hearing Statement of Ranking Member Carper: From Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bear to the Chesapeake’s Delmarva Fox Squirrel – Successful State Conservation, Recovery and Management of Wildlife

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “From Yellowstone's Grizzly Bear to the Chesapeake's Delmarva Fox Squirrel - Successful State Conservation, Recovery and Management of Wildlife." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...

Barrasso: Wyoming and Other States Are on the Frontlines of Wildlife Conservation and Management

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 titled, “From Yellowstone's Grizzly Bear to the Chesapeake's Delmarva Fox Squirrel -- Successful State Conservation, Recovery, and Management of Wildlife."

Drone Pilots: Did Your Airspace Authorization Expire on September 30, 2018?

News Release: If your airspace authorization expired on Sept. 30, 2018, and you did not receive an airspace authorization extension, you can apply for a new authorization via the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) or the DroneZone.

Barrasso Introduces Legislation to End Electric Vehicle Tax Credits

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), introduced the Fairness for Every Driver Act. This legislation will save billions in taxpayer funds by ending the federal electric vehicle tax credits and strengthen the Highway Trust Fund by ensuring that alternative fuel vehicle drivers pay into it.

Carper Criticizes Supreme Court Announcement on HFC Litigation, Calls for Passage of Bipartisan AIM Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's announcement that it will not hear litigation over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation restricting certain ...

What They Are Saying... Broad Support for America’s Water Infrastructure Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A broad group of stakeholders have voiced support for S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

VIDEO: Carper Highlights Economic, Environmental Priorities in Major Water Infrastructure Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today about America's Water Infrastructure Act, a bipartisan bill he co-authored that will update, enhance and protect critical water infrastructure systems and drinking ...

Barrasso: It’s Time to Pass America’s Water Infrastructure Act

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 Senate floor on the need to pass S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act.

President Trump to Sign FAA & DRRA Legislation Today with Chairman Bill Shuster and Former Chairman Bud Shuster in Attendance

News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) will be joined by his father and former Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bud Shuster in the Oval Office today as President Trump signs into law a bill that includes a major five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a package of life- and cost-saving disaster program reforms.

FAA Reauthorization & Disaster Program Reforms Signed into Law

News Release: Today, the President signed into law a measure (H.R. 302) that includes a major five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as a package of federal disaster program reforms that will save lives and reduce the growing cost impacts of disasters of all types.

FAA Reauthorization Bill Establishes New Conditions for Recreational Use of Drones

News Release: On October 5, 2018, the President signed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The Act establishes new conditions for recreational use of drones and immediately repeals the Special Rule for Model Aircraft.

FAA Statement on the FAA Reauthorization Bill Passage