By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON- While the FAA has made progress to upgrade our nation’s air traffic control system, despite certain constraints, I support looking at new ways to help us provide stable and sufficient funding to more rapidly modernize our system, while maintaining the highest level of safety. The proposal ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will join President Donald J. Trump at the White House on Monday for an announcement on the president’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and air traffic control reform initiative.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.- "Today, the Trump Administration announced principles for modernizing the U.S. air traffic control system by privatizing it. Privatization was a bad idea when it was proposed in the last Congress, and it remains a bad idea today despite President Trump's support. In fact, according to the Trump budget, this proposal would increase the deficit by at least $46 billion.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao will testify on issues related to the authorization and reform of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a hearing of the full Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure next week.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2017
News Release: A team comprised of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received approval and approximately $71.5 million in funding from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to proceed with an effort to study the feasibility of making space on the radio spectrum available for auction.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will hold a hearing next Wednesday to examine the status of Coast Guard infrastructure and the ability of the infrastructure to meet the Service’s mission needs in the 21st century.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, reacted to President Trump's decision to abandon the Paris Climate Accord, a pledge signed by nearly 200 nations to limit greenhouse gas emissions and combat global warming.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 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), released the following statement on the administration's decision for the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
By US DOT Newswire | May 31, 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 | May 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $435,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in an airworthy condition.
By US DOT Newswire | May 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), and Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) sent a letter to President Trump calling for the United States to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement on the president’s budget submission...
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of this week's G-7 meeting, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, went to the Senate floor today to urge President Trump to keep the United States party to the Paris Agreement, a historic pledge among nearly 200 countries to reduce emissions and limit global temperature rise.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved six bills, including authorizations for the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), as well as legislation to make it easier for qualifying veterans and military personnel to obtain commercial motor vehicle licenses.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to eliminate an unnecessary, duplicative, and costly regulatory process under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the approved use of pesticides.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Secretary Shawn Garvin to a hearing of the Environment and Public Works Committee Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety focusing on ozone pollution standards set by the Clean Air Act.
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $63,000 civil penalty against Gladwin Paint Company of Arlington, Texas, for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the drastic cuts to environmental and public health protections as well as infrastructure programs that are included in President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal.
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety held the hearing, “Making Implementation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ground-Level Ozone Attainable: Legislative Hearing on S.263 and S.452." Below is the opening statement of Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has scheduled a markup for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
