By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today applauded final Congressional passage of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below following the Senate's passage of a measure that would temporarily exempt small commercial and fishing vessels from the requirement to obtain a discharge permit. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced the departure of Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Staff Director John Anderson, and the promotion of Geoff Bowman to become the new Staff Director of the Subcommittee.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the full Senate confirmed Jeffery M. Baran with a vote of 52-40 to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a term ending June 30, 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: The Aviation Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a hearing next week on the status of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) integration into U.S. airspace and the development of the UAS industry.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Penny Pritzker, Secretary of the Department of Commerce. In the letter, Vitter urges Secretary Pritzker to deny a request by the Gulf of Mexico Regional Fishing Management Council (Gulf Council) to divide the recreational red snapper sector.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to support the men and women of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), help ensure USCG mission effectiveness, enhance oversight and accountability, and reduce regulatory barriers experienced by our veterans and small business.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding an amicus curiae brief he filed in support of a petition to bring the case of Kent Recycling Services, LLC v. U.S. Corps of Engineers before the Supreme Court. Kent Recycling, a Louisiana company, is being forced to pay up to $300,000 for a permit to build on private property in Assumption Parish.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter, top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement regarding Chairman Barbara Boxer's decision to break committee precedent and not hold a hearing on a controversial Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) nominee, Jeff Baran. Baran is ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today passed the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, which would update the price of the duck stamp for the first time since 1991.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer EPW Legislative Hearing on S. 2911, the Super Pollutant Act of 2014 Dec. 2, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I want to welcome everyone to this hearing on the Super Pollutant Act of 2014 (S. 2911), which is a bipartisan bill that supports innovative technologies ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced today that they have reached a bipartisan agreement on legislation that authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard and its vital missions.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), today sent a letter to Howard Shelanski, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in support of a ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to postpone setting the final 2014 volume mandates for renewable fuel standard (RFS) until next year.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), today sent a letter to Howard Shelanski, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In the letter, the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding today's report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG), which found Agency employees accumulating over $1 million while taking paid leave - in some cases, for years.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was selected today by the House Republican Conference to serve again as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, one of the largest committees in Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and all EPW Republicans, today sent a letter to EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), requesting a full committee meeting to consider the nomination of Jeffery Baran to serve the remainder of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Allison Macfarlane's term, which ends on June 30, 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, responded to a letter from EPW Minority Members making clear her disappointment in their delay of the committee's business meeting on the nominations for the Nuclear Regulatory ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the defeat of a measure to force the approval of the Keystone tar sands pipeline by a vote of 59-41.
