By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael Dourson, Matthew Leopold, David Ross, and William Wehrum to be Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency, Paul Trombino to be Administrator of ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 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 to consider nominations.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A broad group of stakeholders vocally support the Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017. Local leaders, conservationists, outdoor enthusiasts and others have outlined their support for the draft legislation. The legislative language was released this week by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), with Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), and Steve Daines (R-MT).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) report highlighting the annual multi-billion dollar costs of climate change.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: We’re pleased with where general aviation safety is headed. The numbers aren’t final, but it looks like 2017 will end up being our safest year yet. Working together with industry to meaningfully address safety is making a difference and we’re going to continue our collaboration to make GA even safer.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: The Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 will simplify forest management to help prevent & mitigate wildfires and protect wildlife.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night during debate on the Senate Republicans' budget resolution, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led the charge to defeat a dangerous amendment that sought to remove protections for endangered species. Specifically, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Safety in today’s global aviation market depends to a great extent on international partnerships between aviation regulators. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fully subscribes to this philosophy, which is why on September 22 the agency updated its long-standing aviation safety agreement with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC- Captain Chelsey (“Sully") Sullenberger, best known as the pilot of the “Miracle on the Hudson", made a strong case against H.R. 2997, the “21st Century AIRR Act", which includes a controversial plan to privatize the Nation’s air traffic control system and hand control of our public airspace...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign is designed to educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, blasting her for a decision to replace the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement to mark the 45th anniversary of the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the responses he received to questions he asked of Michael Dourson, Bill Wehrum, David Ross and Matthew Leopold - individuals who have been nominated to serve in top posts ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 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 directive from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to end the “sue and settle" practices within the agency. In the past, EPA has entered into consent agreements that commit the agency to take actions at the behest of interest groups.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: After a July 2016 balloon accident in Lockhart, TX that caused 16 fatalities, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took proactive steps to increase the safety of hot-air balloon tourism. As the result of a year-long FAA “Call to Action" with the commercial hot-air balloon industry, the Balloon Federation of America (BFA) has developed an “Envelope of Safety" accreditation program for balloon ride operations.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Beginning in Jan. 1, 2018, the FAA will require newly designed aircraft to be quieter which will help toward lowering noise around airports and surrounding communities. Called “Stage 5 Airplane Noise Standards," this FAA rule ensures that the latest available noise reduction technology is incorporated ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
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 Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Ranking Democrat of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), delivered a fiery statement at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit titled “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Highways and Transit Stakeholders’ Perspectives".
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, respectively, along with Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-01), Rep. Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2), Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6), Rep. Raul Grijalva ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Ranking Democrats on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao urging immediate action on a stalled rulemaking that would add four prescription opioids to the drug-testing for...
