By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2013
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). In March, the Senate passed their version 83 to 14. Vitter is the lead sponsor of the Senate bill and the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, which has jurisdiction over the bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2013
News Release: Today, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA); Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV); Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA); and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member Andre Carson (D-IN) introduced the first ever reauthorization...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2013
News Release: I am pleased to rise today to support H.R. 3080: “the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013." This legislation provides important direction to the Army Corps of Engineers to meet its mission objectives and reform their planning and construction processes while also investing in our water transportation infrastructure and creating jobs.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) raid on a gold mine in Chicken, Alaska earlier this year. The raid was conducted to investigate alleged Clean Water Act violations.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 21, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA); Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV); Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA); and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member Andre Carson (D-IN) introduced the first...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 21, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following statements regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision not to seek Supreme Court review of an appellate court ruling that ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after the World Health Organization reported that outdoor air pollution causes cancer in humans. According to this comprehensive scientific study, 223,000 people died of lung cancer from air pollution in 2010.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after the House of Representatives announced it would take up the Water Resources Reform and Development Act next week. In May, the Senate passed the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA 2013) by a vote of 83 to 14, and it passed out of the EPW Committee unanimously in March.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, yesterday sent a follow-up letter to Robert Brenner, former Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), continuing the Committee's investigation of Brenner's relationship with John C. Beale, a former senior EPA official who admitted to stealing nearly $900,000 of taxpayer funds.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2013
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 Supreme Court's decision to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) determination that regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new cars also ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, warned of the detrimental impact that the ongoing government shutdown is having on the safety of the Nation’s transportation network. Many routine inspections...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 9, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the Agency's Final Toxicological ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the EPW Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife, and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) were joined by representatives from several organizations today to highlight ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 7, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter asking President Obama to provide relevant federal witnesses, who EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) had previously denied for a July hearing, to speak on the Administration's climate plans. Boxer has recently announced plans to convene another hearing later this month.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today unanimously 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 2, 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. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 1, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement in conjunction with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing held today overseeing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Inspector General ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, asked EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), to hold a full committee hearing on the fraudulent activity of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) senior official, John C. Beale, who last week ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 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 on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report on the latest climate science, which was released today.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2013
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement following the arraignment and plea agreement hearing of John C. Beale, former senior official within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office ...
