By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved nine bills, including three bills to improve federal disaster response programs, and a repeal of a rule that places unnecessary burdens on Metropolitan Planning Organizations.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 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 on “Cleaning up Our Nation's Cold War Legacy Sites."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 28, 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 President Trump's executive order on promoting energy independence and economic growth.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), has scheduled a markup for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Washington - The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will hold a hearing next Tuesday to examine the federal brownfields program carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency, how the program has been successful in revitalizing communities and spurring economic growth, and potential improvements to the program.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the State Department’s permit approval for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline project...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 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 Trump administration permitting of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider S.512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 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) and ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE) released the following statements on the committee's passage of S. 512 , the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. The bipartisan legislation passed the committee with a vote of 18 to 3.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 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 at a committee business meeting to consider S. 512 , the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. The bipartisan legislation later passed the committee with a vote of 18 to 3.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reminds everyone there is less than a week left to register at a discounted rate for the 2017 UAS Symposium, which will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, VA, from March 27 to 29.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: The FAA today released its annual Aerospace Forecast Report Fiscal Years 2017 to 2037 , which projects sustained and continued growth in nearly every aspect of air transportation from general aviation private flying to large commercial airline passenger levels.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced H.R. 1664, the Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act, which provides approximately $500 billion in infrastructure investment to rebuild our crumbling network of roads, bridges, and transit systems.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led his colleagues in calling for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to address the apparent conflict of interest regarding his participation in EPA's ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) will lead a roundtable discussion on the impacts of emerging railroad technologies. Subcommittee members and representatives a freight railroad, a rail industry technology supplier, the railroad technology research center, and a labor representative will participate in Tuesday’s roundtable.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with his colleagues Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), requested that Environmental Protection Agency ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators representing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed blasted President Trump's budget released Thursday that would zero out funding for the Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program and severely cut funding for other core programs to maintain and restore the health of the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, issued the following statement following the release of the Trump Administration’s “Skinny Budget":
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Data Comm, the NextGen technology that enhances safety and reduces delays by dramatically improving the way air traffic controllers and pilots talk to each other, is up and running at five airports in the New York metropolitan area: JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Teterboro and Westchester. These airports were among the first to receive the critical system upgrade.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement on the release of President Trump’s budget blueprint, which supports shifting the air traffic control (ATC) function of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to an independent, non-governmental organization...
