By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a roundtable discussion on emerging technologies being utilized or explored in the trucking industry, many of which have the potential to improve the safety and productivity of the industry.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: The Administrator’s Fact Book has returned, and it’s on-line.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump's unprecedented announcement that he will shrink two existing national monuments in Utah - Bears Ears National Monument and ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to request that the EPA complete overdue studies assessing the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on air, water, and land quality., and below...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
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 Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), ranking member of the EPW committee, sent a letter to General Services Administration (GSA) Public Building Service Commissioner Dan Mathews regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
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 Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to halt a costly rule proposed by the Obama administration under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The proposed rule would have imposed duplicative financial requirements on America's hardrock mineral producers.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: This morning, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved sweeping FEMA reform legislation, as well as two bills to address human trafficking on the Nation’s highways.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the City of Phoenix and certain city historic neighborhood associations have jointly developed a plan to address noise concerns that resulted from air traffic control procedures that the agency implemented in September 2014 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: At 10:00 a.m. this morning, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will mark up several bills, including H.R. 4460, the Disaster Recovery Reform Act. The bill reforms federal disaster programs and increases our focus on mitigation to ensure our communities are better prepared for future disasters.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders released the following statements after today’s House passage of H.R. 3017, the Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: This morning, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved sweeping FEMA reform legislation, as well as two bills to address human trafficking on the Nation’s highways.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider the nominations of Kathleen Hartnett White, of Texas, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 19 General Services Administration resolutions. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
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 committee business meeting.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: A research team from the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) today released a report that concludes that drones that collide with large manned aircraft can cause more structural damage than birds of the same weight for a given impact speed.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Subcommittee leaders today introduced the bipartisan Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA), a bill to address the rising costs of disasters in the United States and to reform federal disaster programs to ensure our communities are better prepared for future hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - This Thursday, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup to consider three important pieces of legislation focused on FEMA disaster recovery reform and the prevention of human trafficking in America’s surface transportation systems.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - This Wednesday, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee will hold a hearing to consider technological, legal, and policy issues related to the use and integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the national airspace system.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 24, 2017
News Release: The November/December 2017 “Sim City" issue of FAA Safety Briefing explores the exciting world of flight simulation technology and its evolving impact on aviation safety. Feature articles focus on the many flight simulation options now available to pilots, as well as how simulation can improve flight training efficiency.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) decision to increase uranium recovery license terms from 10 years to 20 years.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Did you know that most general aviation fatal accidents are caused by in-flight loss of control? Many of these loss of control accidents are caused by factors related to engine failure. Between 2001 and 2010, engine maintenance errors were identified as a contributing factor in 35 of 70 randomly-selected accidents.
