By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: The 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 | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Senator John Thune sent FAA a letter dated Dec. 1, 2016 asking questions about the implementation and progress of NextGen.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) announced today that former senior White House and congressional advisor Richard Russell will serve as Republican staff director of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Barrasso also named Brian Clifford deputy staff director for the majority.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a final rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small general aviation airplanes. This innovative rule will reduce the time it takes to move safety enhancing technologies for small airplanes into the marketplace and will also reduce costs for the aviation industry.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Please join Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta for an important general aviation announcement. He will be joined by Simon Caldecott, President and CEO of Piper Aircraft and chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Brad Mottier, Vice President and General Manager of Business and General Aviation & Integrated Systems for GE Aviation, and Joe Brown, President, Hartzell Propeller.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final report on the impacts from hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. This report is the conclusion of a 2009 request from Congress for the EPA to conduct a national study on the relationship between the specific act of hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, the Senate approved the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act (H.R. 4465), bipartisan legislation to shrink the federal footprint and streamline the disposal of excess or underutilized federal buildings to save taxpayers billions of dollars. The House approved H.R. 4465 in May, and with the Senate’s approval, the bill now goes to the president.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: The FAA is now helping to reduce or eliminate one source of delay at Chicago O’Hare and Midway through the use of Data Communications (Data Comm), part of the FAA’s NextGen air traffic control modernization. Data Comm will help reduce delays by making pilot-controller communications shorter and more accurate, which could help keep a plane in the departure line and on schedule. It is now operational at both of Chicago’s major airports.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, praised the final passage of S. 612, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, which passed with a strong bipartisan vote of 78-21 and includes a number of provisions integral to Oklahoma.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee issued the following statement today after the Senate voted 78-21 to pass S. 612, The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. This legislation authorizes 30 Army ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN), which authorizes funding for the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) navigation, flood control, and environmental restoration projects.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: This press release corrects a press release sent out on Tuesday, December 6 to clarify that the FAA suspended the company’s certificate, and did not revoke it.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation that addresses the needs of America’s harbors, locks, dams, flood protection, and other water resources infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement following the House passage of S. 612, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. The WIIN Act authorizes port, waterway, and flood protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Gina McCarthy, and all EPA employees to express her gratitude for their hard work and dedication to protecting the environment and safeguarding the health of the American people. The full text of the letter is below...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Earlier today, Chairman Bill Shuster published a new blog on the Medium platform to argue in support of the Water Infrastructure Investments for the Nation (WIIN) Act and its Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) title.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The House of Representatives today approved its amendments to the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016 (S. 2971) by a vote of 405-7. This critical legislation to assist America’s first responders now heads back to the Senate for approval.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following press reports that President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
