By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement today on the passing of former Congressman and T&I Member Howard Coble of North Carolina...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: The following members have been named conferees on the multi-year surface transportation bill overwhelmingly approved by the House today.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Following three days of debate, during which over 100 amendments were considered, the U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan, multi-year surface transportation bill to reauthorize and reform federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Holds 11 Democrats Accountable for Blocking Debate on WOTUS, Urges Support for CRA on WOTUS Rule
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: 69 WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today praised the 53 Senators who voted to pass S.J.Res. 22, the WOTUS Rule Resolution of Disapproval introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and highlighted that after this week's floor ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below after the Senate passed S.J. Res. 22, a Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), which would block the Obama administration's ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: UAS Registration Task Force Meeting. Nov. 3, 2015. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. Remarks as prepared: _______________________________________________________________. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for taking the time to be here.. Unmanned aircraft use has increased dramatically in recent ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on the president's veto threat of the Federal Water Quality Protection Act and urging members to support cloture of the legislation...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the Senate's vote to stop S. 1140 from moving forward. The legislation would roll back critical protections under the Clean Water Act for small streams and wetlands that provide drinking water to one in three Americans or 117 million people.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement in response to a letter 11 Senate Democrats sent today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking for clarification on the final WOTUS rule while also voting to block Senate consideration of S.1140...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Statement on Senate Vote on S.1140
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Statement: UAS Registration Task Force Day One
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2015
News Release: The FAA and general aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on how to prevent Loss of Control (LOC) accidents this flying season.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate EPW Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, sent a letter today to the Hon. Estevan Lopez, commissioner ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the membership of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force. Earl Lawrence, Director of the FAA’s UAS Integration Office, and Dave Vos of Google X will co-chair the group.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Inhofe, Boxer Statement on Surface Transportation Legislation
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
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 Senate passage of H.R. 3819, an extension to authorize federal highway, highway safety, and transit programs through Nov. 20...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following Senate passage of H.R. 3819, which provides a three- to five-year safety delay for railroads to install Positive Train Control (PTC).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “The Prevention of and Response to the Arrival of a Dirty Bomb at a U.S. Port". Oct. 27, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to discuss the scenario of a dirty...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation that funds and extends the authorization for federal highway and transit programs through November 20th, and that prevents a shutdown of the U.S. rail transportation system by extending the deadline for implementation of Positive Train Control technology.
