By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is warning of more secret "sue and settle" deals with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and environmental groups. In a letter today, Vitter encourages Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to join the 13 states' AGs who recently filed a Freedom ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On the first day of the 113th Congress, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced several bills aimed at promoting energy efficiency in federal buildings, helping local communities address disease clusters, and reauthorizing the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today made the following statement in response to Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman's approval of re-routing the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced legislation today to help communities determine whether there is a connection between "clusters" of cancer, birth defects and other diseases, and contaminants in the surrounding environment. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) is a co-sponsor of the legislation, called the Strengthening Protections for Children and Communities from Disease Clusters Act (S. 50).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on the President's remarks on climate change in his inaugural address today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) called on Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to answer questions about the science used in a hydraulic fracturing report in Wyoming. The Senators highlight missteps and setbacks with the EPA's draft report, and they demand ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced the Committee leadership he intends to appoint for the 113th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced the Committee will hold its Organizational Meeting at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced subcommittee staff directors for the 113th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Legislation authored by U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, to solidify Indian Country’s tribal sovereignty during major disasters has been approved as part of one of the first acts of the new Congress. Rahall’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement about findings released today by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showing that average global temperatures for 2012 were among the ten warmest on record.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) made the following statement today after the outgoing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson released a portion of her emails that have been under scrutiny for using a secondary email alias, "Richard Windsor." The EPA has also redacted names in the emails using a Freedom of Information Act exemption that does not apply to the released emails.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Following the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) recent denial of West Virginia’s request for Individual Assistance for victims of Superstorm Sandy, the House has again passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-W.Va.) that will require FEMA to reassess the...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster today announced the appointments of five new senior staff to help lead the Committee’s policy, oversight and outreach efforts in the 113th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) is again urging Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for answers to his department's involvement in developing a carbon tax. Treasury avoided a Freedom of Information Act request for the emails, as well as Vitter's initial inquiry from nearly two months ago.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure leaders today introduced bipartisan legislation to speed up and streamline federal disaster recovery programs. The measures specifically targets improvements to help strengthen the Hurricane Sandy recovery process and reduce costs as communities rebound from the recent superstorm and other future disasters.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on a preview of a report by the National Climate Assessment Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today announced that environmental attorney Joe Mendelson will join her EPW team as Chief Climate Counsel.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) made the following statements regarding news from the completed U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study that examined the water quality of 127 shallow domestic wells in the Fayetteville Shale natural gas production area of Arkansas and found no groundwater contamination associated with gas production.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on today's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report which found that 2012 was the hottest year on record in the continental United States.
