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The UAS Symposium is Flying Your Way

News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) will co-host the 3rd Annual FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium on March 6-8, 2018 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.


DeFazio Responds to The State Of The Union Address

News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after the State of the Union address by President Donald Trump...


Barrasso Statement on Trump Administration Finalizing the Applicability Date of the WOTUS Rule

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's (Army) announcement of the applicability date of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.


DeFazio Responds to The State Of The Union Address

News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after the State of the Union address by President Donald Trump...


Barrasso: Under Scott Pruitt, EPA Has Protected the Environment, Allowed America’s Economy to Grow

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 full committee hearing: “Oversight Hearing to Receive Testimony from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt."


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), questioned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt at a committee hearing titled “Oversight Hearing to Receive Testimony from Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt."


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 in response to President Trump's State of the Union address...


Hearing Statement of Ranking Member Carper: Oversight Hearing to Receive Testimony from Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure held the hearing, “Oversight Hearing to Receive Testimony from Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...


Barrasso Demands Answers from GSA on FBI Headquarters After Agency Misses Deadline

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 after the General Services Administration (GSA) failed to deliver a plan to the committee regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released a comprehensive staff report summarizing actions taken by the Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Administrator Scott Pruitt, to ...


Subcommittee Hearing on Reports on the EL FARO Sinking and the Coast Guard’s Electronic Health Records System

News Release: Washington, DC - Next Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will hold a hearing to examine the results of investigations on two issues: the Oct. 1, 2015 sinking of the EL FARO, and the failed efforts by U.S. Coast Guard to implement an electronic health records (EHR) system.


FAA Issues Emergency Order of Revocation Against TapJets, Inc.

News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Order of Revocation against TapJets, Inc. of Spring, Texas and Fargo, North Dakota, for allegedly conducting passenger-carrying flights using unqualified pilots and operating unauthorized aircraft.


Carper Alarmed by Breach of Process on EPA’s Abrupt Reversal of Clean Air Protections

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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) abrupt decision to reverse the long-standing policy requiring the nation's major sources of hazardous ...


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 Senate's confirmation of R.D. James, of Missouri, to be assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works.


EPA Withdraws Burdensome “Once-In-Always-In” Policy, Following Barrasso and Capito Request

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's (EPA) announcement that the agency would withdraw a punishing policy known as “once-in-always-in." ...


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,in support of the nomination of R.D. James to serve as assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works.


FAA Operations During Funding Lapse

News Release: Due to a lapse in funding, the FAA will only continue “exempt" activities such as air traffic control and safety inspections. There will be no impact to safety or safety oversight for the traveling public.


News Release: Atlanta, GA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $252,175 civil penalty against Execuflight, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for allegedly violating Federal Aviation Regulations pertaining to aircraft maintenance.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $167,500 civil penalty against Steele Aviation, Inc., of Beverly Hills, Calif., for allegedly conducting unauthorized air carrier operations and using unqualified pilots.


FAA Proposes $75,000 Civil Penalty Against Commercial Jet, Inc.

News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $75,000 civil penalty against Commercial Jet, Inc. of Miami, Fla., for allegedly conducting improper repairs on the landing gear of a Boeing 767 aircraft.