By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today introduced legislation to help provide emergency relief to the ongoing propane and home heating fuels shortage in the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE NICK J. RAHALL
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 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 case before the Supreme Court of the U.S. involving the regulatory overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: A hearing next Thursday of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), will focus on highway freight mobility.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), will hold a roundtable policy discussion on Wednesday with representatives of the transportation community in preparation for the development of a surface transportation reauthorization bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) will hold a hearing on Wednesday to examine issues related to passenger and freight rail safety.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr., of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) regarding the OIG report, "Congressionally Requested Inquiry into ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), former Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the EPW Committee, sent a letter to Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr., of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 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 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG). In the letter, Vitter expresses concerns regarding recent activities of the OIG, specifically in the aftermath of the John C. Beale investigation.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Boxer Hearing on the Economic Importance of Maintaining Federal Investments in Our Transportation Infrastructure Feb. 12, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today's hearing focuses on the importance of maintaining federal funding for transportation, ensuring the long-term ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Measures to ensure cell phone calls stay out of airplane cabins, to reauthorize the United States Coast Guard, and to save taxpayer dollars through the more efficient use of federal space were approved by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, responded to a letter from the Louisiana Congressional delegation sent to him and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) regarding Ms. Rhea Suh, President Obama's nominee to be the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks at the Department of the Interior.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), announced today that Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) is expected to be named to the EPW Committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to meet at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearing on “The Charleston, West Virginia Chemical Spill". Feb. 10, 2014. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). I want to thank Representative Capito for requesting this important hearing and hosting the Committee here...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Today, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans sent a letter to EPW Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), requesting a full Committee hearing to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding convicted felon and former senior official at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) John Beale's expansive fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 9, 2014
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Shuster, for your kind accommodation of my request to come to West Virginia to examine the recent spill of chemicals into the Elk River. We could have held this hearing in Washington, as other Committees have or are planning to do, but I felt, as you’ve just stated you feel, that it was especially important that we be here, among the families whose lives and livelihoods have been disrupted.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), will conduct a field hearing in Charleston, WV on Monday to examine the circumstances behind, and the response to, the accidental release of chemicals into the Elk River by Freedom...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Committee leaders today introduced bipartisan legislation that authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to carry out its vital missions, improves USCG mission effectiveness, helps replace and modernize aging Coast Guard assets in a cost effective manner, enhances oversight, and reduces...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today announced the passage of the bipartisan North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act (NAWCA) through the EPW Committee. NAWCA will reauthorize the program to protect and restore wetlands in all 50 states through 2017. Authorization for the program expired at the end of fiscal year 2012.
