By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, sent a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao requesting information on the agency's recent action to indefinitely delay provisions of a final rule requiring states to track on-road greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, for the second time in as many years, we are considering a bill to privatize the entire air traffic control system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). If we were having this discussion 15, 10, even seven years ago, I might have said, “Sure. The FAA isn’t doing a good job at procurement.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) released the following statements regarding today’s proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rescind...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its formal plan to repeal its own Clean Water Rule, which EPA finalized in 2015 after four years of scientific review and unprecedented public engagement.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, was joined by senior EPW members, including Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), to introduce the Diesel Emissions ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved the bipartisan 21st Century AIRR Act (H.R. 2997), legislation that provides sweeping, transformational reform of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 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), released the following statement on the administration's announcement of the proposed withdrawal of the fundamentally flawed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four bills that were approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee earlier this Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 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), praised the Senate's vote to confirm the renomination of Kristine Svinicki to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Senate voted 88 to 9 to confirm Svinicki, with bipartisan support. Svinicki was designated as the NRC chair in January and will remain in that role.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor moments before the Senate voted to confirm Kristine Svinicki, current Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to be confirmed for a third term as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 2017
News Release: Reforming air traffic control yields opportunity for South Jersey, says Rep. Frank LoBiondo
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 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 | Jun 23, 2017
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has scheduled a markup of the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act - the 21st Century AIRR Act - H.R. 2997, for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan legislation that provides sweeping, transformational reform of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was introduced in the House of Representatives today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta is encouraging travelers to Fly Smart this summer.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 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 on the Senate floor, on the need to confirm Kristine Svinicki to continue serving as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Svinicki was designated as the NRC chair in January, and will remain in that role following her confirmation.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species Act Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Delisting the grizzly will transfer management of the bear to the state of Wyoming.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Whose drone is that? It’s a critical question for law enforcement and homeland security when an unmanned aircraft (UAS) appears to be flying in an unsafe manner or where it’s not supposed to fly.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will hold a hearing next week to examine challenges and opportunities related to intercity passenger rail service in the United States, with witnesses to testify on behalf of the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, and several passenger rail initiatives in California, Florida, and the New York City metropolitan area.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 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 on the reappointment of the Honorable Kristine Svinicki, to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
