By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff have issued a proposed finding related to the restart of the damaged San Onofre nuclear power plant.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) needs to look at evacuation plans after a nuclear plant accident beyond a 10 mile radius.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with every fellow Republican on the Committee, today released five transparency concerns (four of which remain unresolved) they have with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Republican ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, expressed shock and concern that Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attacked the nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy, before she has even had a nomination hearing.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Amtrak’s 2014 budget request will be the focus of a Thursday hearing chaired by Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today introduced the Offshore Fairness Act, which would extend the offshore jurisdiction for states from Louisiana to Virginia from three miles to ten miles. Currently Texas and the East Coast ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Chairman, Dr. Allison Macfarlane, to immediately ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Committee leaders will host a bipartisan roundtable discussion Wednesday on issues related to the development of a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) will hold a hearing on Wednesday to review the efforts of the Federal Government to safeguard U.S. and international interests against acts of piracy off the coast of Africa and in other waters.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with committee members Sens. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, this week wrote to Gina McCarthy, nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and current ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Committee Members Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) wrote to Gina McCarthy, nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the intent of Institute ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding a court decision saying that the Environmental Protection Agency violated their regulatory requirements in implementing water treatment regulations in Iowa.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member John Thune (R-SD) and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) wrote today to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, expressing concerns about the potential impact on aviation safety due to the Administration’s choice to close 149 contract towers around the country.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding Budget resolution amendment votes on Keystone XL Pipeline and a Carbon Tax...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today introduced an amendment to the Senate budget resolution to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. unless and until China, India and Russia implement similar reductions.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding President Obama's promise to "cut through the red tape, break through the bureaucratic hurdles, and make [Keystone XL pipeline] a priority, to go ahead and get it done" one year ago in Cushing, Oklahoma...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster statement on an agreement between Pennsylvania and Amtrak on maintaining the rail service’s Pennsylvanian route...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster today announced the appointment of Jim Billimoria to lead the Committee's communications and public relations efforts in the 113th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 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), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, asked Gina McCarthy, nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to outline how she will protect American citizens from rising gas prices due to the rising cost of ethanol Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).
