By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Press Conference in Los Angeles to Address Environmental Injustice Occurring in University Park November 8, 2013 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I have met with residents of University Park about an environmental injustice they have been living with in their community. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement on today’s retirement announcement from fellow committee member Howard Coble (R-NC):
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold an oversight hearing next Thursday to examine the status of Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts and federal agencies’ progress in implementing recovery objectives, allocating assistance funding, and meeting associated deadlines.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sens. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the Return Our State Shares (ROSS) Act, which would exempt certain programs, including the RESTORE Act, from unnecessary sequestration delays that do not ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee made the following statement after the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a report today outlining the correct approach the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be utilizing in chemical assessments. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Katherine Archuleta, Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), regarding John C. Beale, the former senior official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and convicted ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), responding to a recent federal court decision that tossed out EPA's attempt to force a West Virginia poultry farmer to obtain a costly and unnecessary Clean Water Act (CWA) permit.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) launched the Committee’s new website today in his ongoing effort to enhance communications and connect with colleagues and the American people about his initiatives, plans, and goals for strengthening U.S. infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the Agency's insufficient response to State concerns over ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama signed an Executive Order on Climate Preparedness.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), and James Inhofe (R-Okla.), sent a letter to Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved a bill that would be the first ever reauthorization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and would improve the Nation’s emergency management capabilities, modernize and strengthen critical components of the preparedness and...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, announced that the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has agreed to his demands to ensure appropriate allocation guidance is developed and the Gulf of Mexico red snapper issues ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - The Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation, led by the panel’s Chairman, U.S. Rep John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) and Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), released its final report today on the current state of freight transportation in the United States and its recommendations for freight transportation improvements to strengthen the U.S. economy.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Penny Pritzker, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC), voicing his concerns surrounding the lack of leadership at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: We Must Stay on the Path to Clean Air
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2013
News Release: The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly (417 to 3) approved bipartisan water resources reform legislation that cuts federal red tape and bureaucracy, streamlines the infrastructure project delivery process, fosters fiscal responsibility, and strengthens our water transportation networks to promote America’s competitiveness, prosperity, and economic growth.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released a response from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), regarding closed-door settlement agreements between FWS, the Center for Biological Diversity, and WildEarth Guardians that will lead to the final listing determinations for more than 250 species over the next six years. The FWS continues to hide documents related to their settlement agreements.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 3080, the Water Resources and Reform Development Act (WRRDA). In May, the Senate passed S. 601, the bipartisan ...
