By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today announced additional support for the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), which he coauthored and introduced with the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has taken over as the lead democratic Senator working with Vitter to further strengthen and improve the bipartisan legislation to reform the outdated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), today sent a letter to Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. The letter states the Members' concerns regarding the implementation of the Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), announced today during a press conference call that two national public health groups, the American Public Health Association and the National Association ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Janet McCabe, nominee to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). The letter reiterates questions from their exchange at ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Committee, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) made the following statement regarding the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's (FMC) meeting today to debate and modify their allocations for red snapper quota. The allocation between commercial and recreational fishing sectors has not been updated since 1990.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee, to announce the principle agreement on a bipartisan transportation reauthorization bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Lydia Wegman, former Director of the Air Quality Strategy and Standards Division at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding her role in developing and implementing the 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and particulate matter, specifically in conjunction with John Beale, former senior EPA official and convicted felon.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved a bill to restore transparency to the advertising of U.S. airline ticket prices and ensure that airfare advertisements are not forced to hide the costs of government from consumers. The Committee also passed a bill to clarify that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority to revoke a federal permit which has already been issued.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: Today, all eight Republican Senators on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee sent a letter to President Barack Obama regarding the proposed "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released in late March.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: STATEMENT OF. THE HONORABLE NICK J. RAHALL, II. FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP. H.R. 4156, THE TRANSPARENT AIRFARES ACT OF 2014. APRIL 9, 2014. Thank you, Chairman Shuster. This bill does a very important thing-it stops the government from playing a shell game with the taxes and fees it imposes on the flying public.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Arthur Elkins, Jr., Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding discrepancies in testimony from EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Craig Hooks, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Statement of Chairman Boxer Hearing on Nominations April 8, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today, the Committee on Environment and Public Works will consider three nominations. The confirmation of qualified individuals to lead federal agencies is an important responsibility of the Senate. It ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Chairman John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Cali.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR), today sent two letters regarding Robert Brenner's role in facilitating the fraud and theft of convicted felon and former senior official of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) John Beale.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), will mark up the following legislation at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Last week the Obama administration released a proposal that could lengthen the already long arm of federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), into the affairs of practically every U.S. business, farmer, landowner, and local and state government.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Panel on Public-Private Partnerships will focus on the international experience during a hearing next week.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved a wide variety of bills that address several issues, including the prevention of chemical spills, protecting safe drinking water, water resources and wildlife conservation and the cleanup of brownfield sites. The ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement in response to the committee's bipartisan vote to approve S. 1961, the Chemical Safety and Drinking Water Protection Act. The legislation was introduced ...
