By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to President Barack Obama regarding the Administration's regulatory actions and the accompanying effects on the economy and private property rights, particularly from the Department of Interior (DOI) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 23, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - A hearing of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), on Tuesday will examine federal surface transportation safety grant programs and what changes may need to be made in order to continue reducing fatalities and crashes on the Nation’s transportation infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 23, 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 a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the project delivery and communication shortfalls of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) flood control projects.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 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 | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Boxer Oversight Hearing on Review of President's Climate Action Plan Jan. 16, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today's hearing will cover three topics: First, the President's Climate Action Plan, which is a critical issue. We have four Administration agencies today. Senator ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 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) final Bristol Bay Assessment released today. In contrast to a fair and transparent regulatory process, the report analyzes potential mining impacts in hypothetical circumstances, even though proponents have not yet applied for a federal environmental permit.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified AllenCo that its oil and gas pumping facility in University Park had violated federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to EPW Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), requesting a full Committee hearing to examine the fraudulent activity of former senior official John C. Beale during his tenure with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Agency's management practices that allowed him to commit fraud and theft for over a decade.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to President Barack Obama regarding the Administration's failure to fully implement the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008, which was sponsored by then-Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.), pressed the Administration for a transparent ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) on Tuesday will hold the first hearing in the Committee’s efforts to develop new legislation to reauthorize federal surface transportation programs.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 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 proposed rule from September 2013 to regulate carbon emissions from new power plants, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally published in the Federal Register today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2014
News Release: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment & Public Works Committee, has been working to hold the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accountable to the American public, specifically focusing on transparency and sound science. During the nomination process for Gina McCarthy, current ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, commended Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer, for seeking to ensure that AllenCo does not reopen its oil and gas pumping facility until it has complied fully with applicable law and no longer poses ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans and Ranking Member Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) continued their commitment to sound science, strong oversight of the Obama Administration, and support for American manufacturing ensuring quality jobs for people in Louisiana and across the country.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans and Ranking Member Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) have investigated the Administration's "sue and settle" strategy, which is used to coordinate with environmental allies on new rules and regulations while usually excluding ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement following the sentencing hearing of John C. Beale, former senior official within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation, who pled guilty on Sept. 27, 2013 to government theft in the amount of $886,186 and agreed to a criminal forfeiture of $507,207, for his fraudulent conduct from 2000 to 2013.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after John Beale, a former career employee at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who pleaded guilty in September to theft of government property that occurred during multiple Administrations, was sentenced today to 32 months in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans and ranking member U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), have been working to bring more transparency to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the rest of the Administration.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans, and ranking member U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on several items related to the Agency's implementation of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
