By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved several measures, including legislation related to water resources and wildlife conservation, General Service Administration (GSA) resolutions, and six nominations.
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, made the following statement regarding the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's vote to move forward on Amendment 28, which for the first time since 1990 would reallocate red snapper quotas. Vitter originally ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: A special panel of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee focusing on public-private partnerships will hold a roundtable policy discussion next week on case studies in public-private partnerships (P3s).
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement to proceed with a review and examination of whole-economy modeling and its ability to capture more complete ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV) today announced the establishment of the Committee’s next special panel, which will focus on the use of and opportunities for public-private partnerships (P3s) across all modes of transportation, economic development, public buildings, water, and maritime infrastructure and equipment.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Finding Your Way: The Future of Federal Navigation Programs". February 4, 2014. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to review the future of the federal government’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Boxer Hearing on Examination of the Safety and Security of Drinking Water Supplies Following the Central West Virginia Drinking Water Crisis February 4, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I am very pleased we have quickly moved forward with this important hearing to examine ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: The Honorable Nick J. Rahall. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. “Improving the Effectiveness of the Federal. Surface Transportation Safety Grant Programs". Jan. 28, 2013. Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing. Ensuring the safety of the users of the transportation network...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Madam Chairman, let me begin by congratulating you on being elected as Chairman of the Conference and welcoming all of the Members of the Conference. As we discussed yesterday with Chairman Shuster and Ranking Member Vitter, we all come here with a mutual desire to develop a path forward that gets this important water resources legislation to the desk of the President for his signature.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement in response to the U.S. State Department's release of the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline permit application. EPW Committee staff is reviewing the EIS line by line.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) will conduct a Congressional hearing on Wednesday to examine the progress the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made in implementing provisions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 in the last two years.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing on Tuesday to examine the future of federal navigation programs.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Ms. Rhea Suh, Assistant Secretary for Policy Management and Budget the Department of the Interior (Interior). Suh is the nominee to become Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Oversight Hearing: NRC's Implementation of the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendations and other Actions to Enhance and Maintain Nuclear Safety Jan. 30, 2014 Today, the Environment and Public Works Committee is holding its eighth oversight hearing on the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement in response to the President’s State of the Union address...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall, D-WV, announced Wednesday that the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on which he serves as lead Democrat, will hold a Congressional field hearing in Charleston, West Virginia, on February 10th to examine the Elk River Chemical spill. The hearing is slated to take place at 9:00 a.m., at the Kanawha County Courthouse.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director of the National Park Service (NPS), regarding the NPS's intention to use a controversial survey method in order to assign a monetary value to increased "visibility" ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) today introduced the Chemical Safety and Drinking Water Protection Act, which gathers into one place the tools to provide oversight of chemical facilities.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union Address...
