By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 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 a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) to update and clarify protections under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Today, 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) announcement on the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking , which could significantly expand federal authority over streams, ditches, ponds, and other local waterbodies - many of which are located on private property throughout the U.S.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) urging a "no" vote on the nomination of Rhea Suh to be Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks at the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week to examine the fiscal year 2015 budget requests for the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2014
News Release: The President has signed into law legislation by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) that helps provide emergency relief to the ongoing propane and home heating fuels crisis in the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on the potential use of water quality trading as an innovative, market-based mechanism to cost-effectively achieve local water quality improvements.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2014
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee special panel focusing on public-private partnerships (P3s) will hold a roundtable policy discussion next week on P3s and water supply and treatment.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement ahead of the two-year anniversary of President Obama's statement supporting the Keystone XL pipeline's southern leg, promising to "cut through the red tape, break through the bureaucratic hurdles, and make [Keystone] a priority, to go ahead and get it done."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: Today, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans released a new report, "EPA's Playbook Unveiled: A Story of Fraud, Deceit, and Secret Science ," detailing convicted con artist and former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) senior official John Beale's role in major policy decisions at the Agency.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: (click for more information). The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved legislation by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) that helps provide emergency relief to the ongoing propane and home heating fuels crisis in the United States. On February 25th, Shuster...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: Senator Barbara Boxer Keystone XL Pipeline, Human Health Impacts and National Nurses United March 13, 2014 (As prepared for delivery) Today, we are joined by nurses from National Nurses United -- the nation's largest professional association of registered nurses - with 185,000 nurses. They are here ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Chairman Tom Petri (R-WI). Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Implementation of MAP-21 and Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Surface Transportation". March 12, 2014. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today’s hearing will focus...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), sent a letter to Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding a compliance order for a private landowner in Wyoming.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), has scheduled a markup for 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2014 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 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 Bob Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The letter reminds Perciasepe of EPA's July 2013 commitment to EPW Republicans that the Agency would ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a response letter to members of the Louisianan Congressional Delegation regarding the nomination of Rhea Suh to be Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks at the U.S. Department of Interior ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement three years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the aftermath of the disaster, which occurred on March 11, 2011, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued recommendations and safeguards related to nuclear facilities in the U.S.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Committee leaders will convene a bipartisan roundtable meeting on Thursday to discuss the perspective of non-federal partners and their policy priorities for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2014
News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) will hold a hearing on Wednesday to examine the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) implementation of MAP-21, and the DOT’s surface transportation priorities in the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Immediately following votes on the evening of Monday, March 10 until approximately 9 am ET Tuesday, March 11, Senators from the Senate Climate Action Task Force will be holding the Senate floor to urge action on climate change. A significant number of Senators are expected to participate throughout the night.
