By US DOT Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, OR-Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Anthony Foxx, pushing for stronger rules that will better protect and prepare communities and local officials when...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on September 16 issued an emergency order to restrict and prohibit Braille Battery, Inc. of Sarasota, Fla., from offering to transport by air any lithium ion battery not in compliance with the DOT's Hazardous Materials ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: As winter approaches, U.S. airports, airline flight crews, dispatchers, general aviation pilots, air traffic controllers, and manufacturers will begin using new Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) methods to improve safety at U.S. airports.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed rule to reduce the risks and enhance security at the nation's hazardous chemical facilities.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Hearing on “Department of Veterans Affairs Leases: Is the VA Over-Paying for Leased Medical Facilities?". Sept. 28, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). I want to thank the witnesses...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee, today released a statement following the House passage of H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee, today released a statement following the House passage of H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 (H.R. 5303), comprehensive, bipartisan legislation to address the needs of America’s harbors, locks, dams, flood protection, and other water resources infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2016
News Release: The revolutionary NextGen technology called Data Communications (Data Comm) is now operational at Washington Dulles International Airport.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2016
News Release: The FAA and General Aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices for calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and operating within established aircraft limitations. Impairment may cause a pilot to exceed these limitations and lose control of the aircraft.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2016
News Release: Dear Colleague: I strongly urge you to vote “no" on the Graves Amendment (#10) to H.R. 5303, the “Water Resources Development Act of 2016", which waives the prevailing wage protections provided by the Davis-Bacon Act for water resources projects carried out by non-Federal interests. This amendment...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: TUCSON - FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today joined federal and local officials in dedicating the new, environmentally friendly air traffic control tower at Tucson International Airport.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: A hearing of the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), will focus on a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leasing for health care facilities, and whether the VA and the General Services Administration (GSA) are ensuring the costs associated with the facilities are managed appropriately.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below on the Republican continuing resolution (CR) which does not contain funding to address lead contamination in drinking water in Flint, Michigan.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency order suspending the air carrier certificate of Western Air Express, based in Midland, Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Shuster and Barletta Opening Statements. Full Committee Hearing on “An Examination of FEMA's Limited Role in Local Land Use Development Decisions". Sept. 21, 2016. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Today’s hearing will focus on two important...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the following statement on the release of guidelines from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) on autonomous vehicles...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: INHOFE RELEASES REPORT ON EPA, ARMY CORPS OVERREACH, CALLS FOR 11 SENATE DEMOCRATS TO WORK WITH CONGRESS TO ADDRESS WOTUS
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion next week to discuss the impact on freight of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing next week to examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) role and limited authorities under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), their impact on local land use development decisions, and the national implications of FEMA’s implementation of the NFIP.
