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, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with seven other Republican Senators sent a letter to President Obama asking him not to designate large ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the explosion that occurred this morning at a chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Following the recent collapse of the I-5 Bridge in Washington State, U.S. Rep Nick J. Rahall, top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is calling for the accelerated implementation of new inspection standards and reporting requirements to ensure the safety of the nation’s bridges.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) welcomed recently elected Congressman Mark Sanford (R-SC), following today’s approval by the House of Representatives of Congressman Sanford’s appointment to the Committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Dean Heller (R.-Nev.) issued the following statements in response to a federal court's determination that government officials conspired to deprive E. Wayne Hage and his family of essential water rights needed to conduct cattle grazing.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator, Bob Perciasepe, reiterating calls for the EPA to obtain and release the science behind multiple new air quality rules under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote to Ken Kopocis, nominee to become Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water and current Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the Agency's ongoing ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement about the growing support for the "Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013" (CSIA) that he coauthored and introduced with the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, reminded Gina McCarthy, nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), of his request for five specific transparency commitments. Since the beginning of her nomination process, Vitter and EPW Republicans have made the same five requests, some of which include releasing documents.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: A Congressional hearing in New York City today highlighted the importance of the Northeast Corridor to Amtrak’s intercity passenger rail service. Committee leaders called the corridor - Amtrak’s most valuable route - the kind of infrastructure that can be improved upon through smart investment and within existing, realistic budget levels.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today issued the statement below following the announcement by Southern California Edison of the permanent closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), today released a letter he received from the Coordinating Research Council, Inc. (CRC) regarding inaccurate statements from Gina McCarthy, nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in response to questions for the record regarding the research and test results of ethanol blends' impacts on engines.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), today made the following statement on the ongoing delay of a vote on the nomination of Allison MacFarlane to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has said she is still awaiting information she requested about a nuclear facility in California.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, finally received a response from the U.S. Department of Interior to a November 2012 letter he and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) wrote to former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, requesting data on the economics ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: The Chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), will hold a roundtable discussion in Springfield next Tuesday focusing on the impacts of freight and passenger rail transportation in Illinois. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, will join Chairman Denham for Tuesday’s meeting.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 3, 2013
News Release: Press Availability Following Roundtable. The Chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), will convene a roundtable discussion in Chicago next Monday to examine ongoing efforts to improve the region’s passenger and rail transportation...
By US DOT Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - A Congressional hearing in Southern California today focused on how the region’s unique transportation challenges impact the movement of freight throughout the entire Nation, and the importance of greater freight efficiency to the U.S. economy.
By US DOT Newswire | May 28, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today revealed that correspondence between Southern California Edison (Edison) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries presents major new evidence of misrepresentation and safety lapses by Edison.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: A Congressional panel will hold a hearing in Southern California next week to examine how the region’s unique transportation challenges impact the movement of freight throughout the entire Nation.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced S. 1079, the Artificial Reef Promotion Act, which would increase the utilization of decommissioned Gulf platforms as artificial reefs, as part of the Rigs to Reefs program.
