By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 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 a memo signed by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt titled, “Back-to-Basics Process for Reviewing National Ambient Air Quality Standards."
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announced upcoming actions on methylene chloride, a dangerous chemical found in paint strippers. ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that USDOT has selected 10 state, local and tribal governments as participants in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. First announced last October, this White House initiative partners the Federal ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Accompanied by technology innovators and government leaders from across the nation, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced the 10 state, local and tribal governments who will conduct flight tests as part of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. The fields ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed Jeff Bullock, Delaware's Secretary of State, and Tony Pratt, president of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, to a hearing of the Environment and Public ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 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), delivered the following remarks at a legislative hearing on America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. Barrasso joined committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE), Transportation ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Legislative Hearing on S.___, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 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 importance of America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, legislation Barrasso introduced with bipartisan support. The EPW Committee held a legislative hearing on the legislation.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Blue Technologies: Use of New Maritime Technologies to Improve Efficiency and Mission Performance". May 8, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today the Subcommittee will hear testimony on how...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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), joined 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) to introduce America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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), introduced America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. The legislation supports our nation's economic competitiveness by increasing water storage, expanding local stakeholder ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Order of Suspension against Island Airlines, LLC, of the U.S. Virgin Islands, for not allowing the agency to inspect the company’s aircraft and records.
By US DOT Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Next Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will convene for a hearing to examine newly emerging maritime technologies and how such “blue technologies" could improve U.S. Coast Guard mission performance.
By US DOT Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) questioned the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) signing of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Water-Gen, an Israeli ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement on a report that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's December trip to Morocco was arranged by a longtime friend and lobbyist, who has since won a $40,000-a-month contract to help the Moroccan government promote its cultural and economic interests. It was also revealed today that the trip cost roughly $100,000, well above what was previously known.
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Elaine Chao, Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT), and Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on the officials ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) overdue release of a majority of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) nonattainment areas ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun expanding an automated system that will ultimately provide near real-time processing of airspace authorization requests for unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators nationwide.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging him to maintain oil and natural gas industry guidelines to provide certainty for industry, improve public health, and combat climate change.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - By a vote of 393 to 13, the House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4), a five-year bill to reauthorize the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, provide much needed long-term stability for the Nation’s aviation community, ...
