By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.-6), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) today announced support for their bipartisan legislation to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by former top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) toxics officials from the Administrations of President Barack Obama and George ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican on the Committee on Environment and Public Works, today commented on a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the impacts of a carbon tax. According to CBO, reductions in emissions in the U.S. would "probably have only a modest effect on the Earth's ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In what U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) termed as a “mockery" of the importance of building the Keystone XL Pipeline in the U.S., the House today debated Republican backed legislation that says the project does not even require a permit, deeming the proposal approved.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (Remarks as Prepared). Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, which allows construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to proceed. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee marked...
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) committed the federal government - and ultimately the taxpayers - to a $350 million building it proposed to walk away from and let taxpayers pick up the tab.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) announced a groundbreaking, bipartisan agreement to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and ensure the safety of everyday consumer products to better protect American families. Their legislation would significantly ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Today, the eight Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), requesting a suspension of rulemaking for its forthcoming National Stormwater Rule. The rule could force individuals and small businesses into costly mandates on managing stormwater on their properties without being able to provide input.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, said that Republicans will attend today's business meeting to consider the nomination of Gina McCarthy to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). McCarthy currently serves as the Assistant ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today passed legislation on a bipartisan basis to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a project long-delayed by the President that will create thousands of American jobs and increase domestic energy security.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, yesterday requested information in a letter to Ms. Michelle DePass, Assistant Administrator of the ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: Mr. Chairman, as you know, this committee has primary jurisdiction over H.R. 3 and two secondary committees of jurisdiction have already considered the bill. So I begin by thanking you for holding this markup session. Whether one agrees with the bill or not, you are preserving our committee’s jurisdiction rather than waiving it which occurred last Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate voted 83 to 14 to pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA).
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said the Obama Administration has been biased in choosing who has violated the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Endangered Species Act. The Administration has pursued cases involving oil and gas producers, and not wind energy producers.
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement following a meeting with Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe and the nominee to be Administrator, Gina McCarthy, ahead of Tuesday's scheduled meeting with Perciasepe.
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, last Friday wrote to Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding their ongoing investigation into inappropriate record keeping practices within the Agency, and dubious public statements about such practices.
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today praised the ruling by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board calling for a full public hearing in connection with the ongoing safety review of the San Onofre nuclear ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement Friday following the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision to continue funding contract air traffic control towers at the nation’s airports through Sept. 30, 2013...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: The Committee’s Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation, chaired by Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN), will hold a roundtable meeting on Wednesday to examine what efforts the Department of Transportation and the Army Corps of Engineers have made to coordinate freight transportation policy, and what challenges exist for greater coordination amongst federal departments and agencies.
