By US DOT Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “The Long-term Value to U.S. Taxpayers of Low-cost Federal Infrastructure Loans." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 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) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging him to restore the American people's trust in the agency's mission, and to carefully consider the lessons of the past -- particularly in the case of former EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a roundtable discussion on emerging issues related to the domestic use of counter UAS systems.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $150,000 civil penalty against Metropolitan Aviation LLC, of Manassas. Va., for allegedly violating Federal Aviation Regulations pertaining to aircraft maintenance.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's long overdue resignation...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 5, 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 discussion draft. The discussion draft reauthorizes the ESA for the first time since 1992. The discussion draft emphasizes ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1,466,775 civil penalty against the Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) for alleged violations of airport safety regulations at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix and Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $3.3 million civil penalty against The Hinman Co. of Portage, Michigan, for conducting hundreds of commercial aircraft operations in violation of the Federal Aviation Regulations, including failing to hold the required operator certificate for the flights being performed.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that upwind states do not need to do more to address cross-state air pollution under the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: If you’ve registered a commercial drone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to hear from you.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement regarding the EPA's announced changes to its oversight of discharges of dredged or fill materials under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation John Garamendi (D-CA), along with Co-Chairs of the Congressional Coast Guard Caucus Rick Larsen...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao, slamming the Department...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting information surrounding the Administration’s unprecedented inaction on enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure passed a number of bills today on a unanimous, bipartisan basis, including a bill to reform how the federal government manages its real property portfolio and potentially save billions of taxpayer dollars, as well as legislation to enhance maritime safety in response to the tragic loss of the EL FARO in 2015.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Tom Carper D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), top Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Jeff ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 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), issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) memo directing the Office of Water to make commonsense changes to EPA's regulations covering how the agency usually considers dredge-and-fill permits.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced the Flood Prevention Act of 2018 (S. 3146), a bill that would add the District of Columbia (D.C.) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal Zone ...
