By US DOT Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC -Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) will lead the Committee’s first hearing of the new Congress next week to explore the challenges facing our Nation’s infrastructure and a vision for building a 21st century infrastructure for America. The Committee will hear testimony from the leaders of some of the most prominent businesses in the Nation, as well as from organized labor.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) announced that the Committee will hold its organizational meeting for the 115th Congress at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. At this meeting, the Committee will consider its committee rules package and the oversight and authorization plan. Subcommittee leadership and assignments will also be confirmed at the organizational meeting.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D. Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, reacted to the responses of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to questions submitted for the record following the hearing on his nomination. The questions submitted also included those sent by Senator Carper to the nominee nearly a month ago to which he had never received a response.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 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), released the following statement on Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), answering and returning all of his questions for the record (QFR), from his nomination hearing.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, reacted to the systematic removal of climate science information from the public whitehouse.gov website, and potentially from other agency websites, in the opening hours of the Trump administration.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement today after President Trump signed executive orders to streamline the review of critical infrastructure projects, and to move forward with the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Democratic Subcommittee Ranking Members of the Committee for the 115th Congress. Full subcommittee rosters will be announced next week.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, hosted a panel discussion on the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Below is Senator Carper's opening statement, as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 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 President Trump's executive order advancing the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 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), delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need for change at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Barrasso's speech focused on the need for the Senate to confirm Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee for administrator of the EPA.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 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), issued the following statement on the confirmation process of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced his selections for Full Committee Vice Chairman and the Committee’s six subcommittee chairmen for the 115th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senator Tom Carper (D. Del.), in his first hearing as the most senior Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, pressed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on his ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: The FAA has issued additional flight restrictions in and around Washington, DC on January 20 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and #FlySafe, the general aviation (GA) group’s national safety campaign, aims to educate the GA community on the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 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 Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, whom President-elect Trump intends to nominate to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Pruitt testified at today's EPW committee hearing.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 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 the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held the hearing, “Nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration will hold webinars and public workshops between January 18 and February. 8 on upcoming airspace improvements that will occur throughout Southern California.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement with SkyPan International, Inc., of Chicago. The agreement resolves enforcement cases that alleged the company operated unmanned aircraft (UAS) in congested airspace over New York City and Chicago, and violated airspace regulations and aircraft operating rules.
