By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved S.601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013. The bill provides critical flood protection for communities across the country, maintains the flow of commerce, and will create up to 500,000 new jobs. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) today gave U.S. infrastructure a letter grade of “D+", after reviewing sixteen different categories of American infrastructure over the last four years. U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will host a bipartisan roundtable on Thursday to discuss ports, jobs, economic development, and trade.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: In a joint letter sent yesterday, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, reached out to Jared Blumenfeld, the Region 9 Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to request that he certify that he has not at any juncture used a non-official email account to conduct official work.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal would effectively end Federal highway and transit investments in fiscal year 2015. Using the understanding of the Ryan Budget supplied by Transportation and Infrastructure...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the statement below regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)'s announcement that it voted to postpone consideration of requirements to install engineered filter systems ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and David Vitter (R-LA), Ranking Member, introduced S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA). S. 601 will provide critical flood protection for communities across the country, and maintain the flow of commerce and the jobs that go with it. for S. 601, WRDA , and the bill summary.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding a report from the Environmental Protection Agency on agency's efforts to increase transparency and comply with Freedom of Information Act requests.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: A Congressional hearing today focused on ensuring the Administration is implementing reforms to help streamline the surface transportation project approval process, consolidate Department of Transportation programs, improve program accountability, and other improvements included in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: A proposal to provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with a new headquarters was the focus of a hearing today led by Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). At today’s hearing, Chairman Barletta said that any such project must meet the needs of the FBI as well as be a good deal for taxpayers.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: Implementation of reforms and requirements included in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) will be the focus of a Subcommittee on Highways and Transit hearing on Thursday under Chairman Tom Petri (R-WI).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with five other senators are demanding answers from Gina McCarthy, nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on her involvement with Dr. Al Armendariz, former Region 6 EPA administrator, to shame states and punish traditional energy producers such as oil, natural gas and utilities like coal.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: The proposal to relocate the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will be the subject of a hearing to be chaired by Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requesting a report on the implementation of safety improvements for the nation's 104 nuclear reactors. The letter comes two years after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), 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 regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) release of two documents prepared by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) concerning the replacement of steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear plant.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today found the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lied about former Region 8 Administrator James Martin's use of a non-official email account to conduct official business.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall, top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today urged his colleagues to retain a strong Federal role for development of critical, job-creating infrastructure. At a hearing before Rahall’s Committee to examine the Federal role in infrastructure, business and labor leaders offered testimony on the economic and job creation benefits that investment in modern infrastructure yields.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Dear Secretary LaHood: It is our understanding that FAA employees were notified Tuesday of an intended “Save Money" furlough for up to eleven (11) work days, beginning on or about April 7. We are disappointed that this is the route that the FAA and the Administration has chosen to take, rather than...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), top Republican of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on the failure of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to properly process Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: The importance of freight and passenger rail to America’s transportation system and the economy was the focus of a Congressional hearing today chaired by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA).
