By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Today, the FAA issued a Federal Register Notice seeking public comment on proposed changes in the Passenger Facility Charge program. Currently, passenger facility charge (PFC) funds may support rail projects that are on airport property only if they are for the exclusive use of airport patrons and employees. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Calls for Transparency and Public Input on EPA Advisory Panels
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee, praised broad bipartisan support for the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 at the Senate EPW markup today. The legislation was reported out of the committee by a vote of 19 to 1.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2016
News Release: Inhofe, Boxer Praise Passage of WRDA Out of Committee
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), introduced H.R. 5090, legislation that would prevent the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) from permitting a foreign air carrier to operate between European countries...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the introduction of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2016. This legislation will provide important flood protection, restore vulnerable ecosystems, and maintain ports and navigation routes across the State of California.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Washington,D.C. - U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee, introduced S. 2848, The Water Resources Development Act of 2016...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) urging him to deny Norwegian Air International (NAI) a permit to operate in the United States in violation of our Open Skies Agreement with Norway and the European Union.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in recognition of the 46th Earth Day on April 22nd, which coincides with the signing ceremony for the Paris climate agreement.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The FAA and general aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices in calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and on operating within established aircraft limitations.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Statement for International Mother Earth Day
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: The FAA held a UAS Symposium in conjunction with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University this week to broaden the dialogue with industry and the public on how to safely integrate unmanned aircraft into the National Airspace System.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: What’s not to like about an automated government system that’s faster, simpler and more user-friendly than the paper-based system it supplements?
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Statement on Hoeven's Amendment to Block the WOTUS Rule
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Senate EPW Committee Releases White Paper: Lessons From Kyoto: Paris Agreement Will Fail National Economies and the Climate
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) pipeline safety program and maintain the safety of our nation’s pipeline network.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Inhofe, Markey, Rounds, Booker Praise Passage of Brownfields Reauthorization in Senate Energy Bill
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, was so pleased to welcome Denis Bilodeau of the Orange County Water District as a witness at today's Committee hearing focused on innovative water supply technologies.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: * S,2276, THE “PROTECTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OF PIPELINES AND ENHANCING SAFETY ACT OF 2016"
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today released the following statement on the Senate passage of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016...
