By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), today was joined by fellow EPW Republicans in sending a letter to Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) asking her to reconsider her decision to exclude government witnesses in the upcoming hearing "Climate Change: It's Happening Now."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), today said that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made major progress on the five transparency requests the EPW Republicans have been demanding throughout the Gina McCarthy nomination ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Subcommittee on Aviation Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) released the following joint statement regarding Saturday’s Asiana Airlines accident at San Francisco International Airport...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Obama administration's announcement today that the Department of Transportation (DOT) is providing a $421 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Statement of Barbara Boxer Hearing on Oversight of Federal Risk Management and Emergency Planning Programs to Prevent and Address Chemical Threats, Including the Events Leading Up to the Explosions in West, TX and Geismar, LA June 27, 2013 What brings us here today is the tragic loss of life and injuries ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today made a final request of Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.), today sent a letter to Daniel Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), following up on two letters ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the President's announcement on his plan to combat climate disruption.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement after President Barack Obama announced plans to implement costly new regulations on power plants.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, in a letter today, urged Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to reject a rule that would limit economic analysis required under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2013
News Release: A Congressional panel established to identify ways to improve freight transportation efficiency in the United States has been in Memphis, Tennessee examining FedEx facilities and the Port of Memphis, and meeting with representatives of the region’s freight transportation community.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today sent a letter to Jared Blumenfeld, Region 9 Administrator of the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - A broad coalition of labor, industry, and business groups have endorsed the Strengthen and Fortify Existing Bridges (SAFE Bridges) Act," legislation introduced yesterday by Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall and Democrats on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The bill would...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and former Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), made the following statements after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ended its politicized investigation into a hydraulic fracturing project near Pavillion, Wyoming, because its initial assessment lacked a basis in credible science.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Driven by the recent collapse of the I-5 Bridge in Washington State, U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and Congressional Transportation leaders today introduced legislation that significantly increases Federal investment in the Nation’s bridge infrastructure. The Strengthen and...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, yesterday sent a letter to Bob Perciasepe, acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: 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.) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Avi Garbow, Deputy General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who is nominated to be the General Counsel. Vitter asked him to make commitments on transparency concerns ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA-04), Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, urged the Administration to start over on their proposal to list 66 coral species as threatened or endangered ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement regarding reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drastically exaggerated on its economic benefits prediction in a formaldehyde emissions rule. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) dropped multiple categories of financial benefits from the proposed rule that the EPA sent them for review.
