By US DOT Newswire | Oct 10, 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishing a draft rule to repeal the Clean Power Plan rule.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that it will repeal the Clean Power Plan.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Next week, the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit will hold a hearing to continue gathering stakeholder perspectives to assist in the development of proposals for building a 21st century infrastructure for America.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed David Ross to the committee. Ross is President Trunmp's nominee to be assistant administrator for the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ross ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: “We are well on our way to creating a legislative blueprint that will address America's most critical infrastructure needs."
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing on the Nomination of Paul Trombino III to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as submitted for the record...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC- Cliff Pemble, who has served as the president and CEO of avionics and GPS manufacturer Garmin Ltd. since January 2013, makes 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...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing on the Nominations of Michael Dourson, Matthew Leopold, David Ross, and William Wehrum to be Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Jeffery Baran to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as submitted for the record...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 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), questioned Jeffery Baran, nominee to be reappointed as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) during a nomination hearing of the committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 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 hearing for the confirmation of nominees to serve at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA) sent a letter to the Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the minority members of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee asked Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to hold a hearing to review the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 and call on Administrator Scott Pruitt to testify at the hearing.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Next week, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold two subcommittee hearings to gather stakeholder perspectives that will assist the Committee on developing proposals focused on building a 21st century infrastructure for America.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Despite repeated calls on the campaign trail for $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, Trump Administration has yet to submit a proposal to Congress
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: This morning, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers handled the landing of the first commercial air carrier flight in weeks into the Cyril E. King International Airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (TIST). Working from a mobile air traffic tower the FAA moved to the island last weekend, the controllers are now managing a mix of commercial, military, relief and recovery flights to and from the storm-ravaged island.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: At the request of U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 99.7 - “Special Security Instructions" - to address concerns about unauthorized drone operations over 10 Department of the Interior (DOI) sites, including the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) reacted after the final passage of a short-term, six-month Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extension.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of seven new members to the Federal Aviation Administration's 13-member Management Advisory Council (MAC). The MAC advises the FAA's senior management on policy, spending, long-range planning, and regulatory matters.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 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 | Sep 28, 2017
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) reacted after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a short-term, six-month Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extension.
