By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing on Forest Management to Mitigate Wildfires: Legislative Solutions." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 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 committee members Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Boozman (R-AR), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mike Rounds ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 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 full committee hearing on “Forest Management to Mitigate Wildfires: Legislative Solutions." The hearing focused on forest management and the mitigation of catastrophic wildfires.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 26, 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 in recognition of National Clean Energy Week.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hurricane recovery efforts are now supporting more than a dozen commercial passenger flights per day at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As the agency continues to restore radars, navigational aids and other equipment damaged during ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement after today’s vote on a six-month extension of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Next week, the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will hold a hearing to gather stakeholder perspectives that will assist the Subcommittee and Full Committee in developing proposals focused on building a 21st century infrastructure for America.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today drove home the importance of working together in the face of natural disasters that have caused so much devastation in recent weeks, in his final speech before ICAO’s North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACC) Directors of Civil Aviation meeting.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $277.5 million in airport infrastructure grants to 67 airports in 22 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finally release Administrator Scott Pruitt's schedule to the public. The decision ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Yesterday, a mobile air traffic control tower arrived at Key West International Airport in Florida after a road trip down the East Coast by trailer from Hartford, CT. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) repositioned the fully-equipped tower to provide air traffic services for all of the aircraft operating in and out of Key West that are supporting the relief and recovery of the isolated Florida Keys in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Ever get that feeling of déjà vu? In what seems like an endless stream of reports critical of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) management oversight, the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General has released its newest independent analysis, casting doubt on the agency’s ability to identify and track hundreds of its contracts.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: After the widespread devastation Hurricane Irma wreaked on Florida last weekend, unmanned aircraft - more popularly, drones - have been invaluable in supporting response and recovery efforts in the battered Sunshine State.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: This week, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held an oversight hearing on “Expanding and Accelerating the Deployment and Use of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS)." The hearing demonstrated the broad bipartisan support that CCUS technologies boast in the Senate.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $264 million in airport infrastructure grants to 95 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, EPW Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting information on EPA's active reduction of its workforce to historic lows. The Senators cited concerns that adoption ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 14, 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 regarding his meetings with four Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominees - Dr. Michael Dourson, EPA Nominee for Assistant Administrator of ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: In the wake of Hurricane Irma’s destructive path through the Caribbean, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is supporting storm recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands with a fully-staffed mobile air traffic control tower at Cyril E. King International Airport in St. Thomas. The tower was fully ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 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 full committee hearing on “Expanding and Accelerating the Deployment and Use of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration."
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Expanding and Accelerating the Deployment and Use of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
