By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2015
News Release: WHEN: 10 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation that improves the infrastructure, reduces costs, creates greater accountability and transparency, leverages private sector resources, and accelerates project delivery for Amtrak and the Nation’s passenger rail transportation system.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Find out how NextGen is delivering for FedEx during Valentine's Day.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to fly in a wide area of North Dakota, a move that will give industry more opportunities for research that could help the agency integrate UAS into the nation’s airspace.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement today after the House voted to send a measure approving construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline project to the President...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill: Laying the Foundation for U.S. Economic Growth and Job Creation, Part I". Feb. 11, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Welcome to today’s hearing, and welcome...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to mark up the following items at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2015 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE - As winter weather whips the nation’s northern-most state, pilots now have access to a fully deployed Alaska Weather Camera Program to help them determine when and where it’s safe to fly.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer EPW Oversight Hearing: Examining EPA's Proposed Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rules from New, Modified, and Existing Power Plants Feb. 11, 2015 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Washington, D.C. -- Today's oversight hearing will examine the critically important steps ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), announced the new Democratic subcommittee ranking members and membership.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable next week on opportunities for saving taxpayers money by reducing costs and space of federal office leases in the Washington, DC metro area.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties of $54,000 and $96,800 against two companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will testify next week at hearing of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), focusing on the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders today introduced bipartisan legislation that improves the infrastructure, reduces costs, creates greater accountability and transparency, leverages private sector resources, and accelerates project delivery for Amtrak and the Nation’s passenger rail transportation system.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following joint statement with U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, following today’s Senate-House hearing on the Administration’s proposed rule to expand federal regulation of waters under the Clean Water Act and the proposal’s potential impacts on state and local governments...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration has granted eight more regulatory exemptions for commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, bringing the total number of exemption grants to 24.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA). Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. Hearing on “How the Changing Energy Markets Will Affect U.S. Transportation". Feb. 3, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Over the last decade, this country has undergone an unprecedented energy renaissance.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General Calvin L. Scovel, III requesting a full audit of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes two civil penalties totaling $1.6 million against Alaska Airlines, Inc. of Seattle, Wash., for allegedly operating aircraft that were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes two civil penalties totaling $147,375 against ExpressJet Airlines of Atlanta, Ga. for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing and aircraft maintenance regulations.
