By US DOT Newswire | Aug 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement regarding the Obama administration's announcement that it has finalized national fuel economy and pollution standards for cars and light trucks.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released a statement after a U.S. Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 decision vacating the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Cross State Air Pollution Rule.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Transportation Infrastructure Committee Republicans today voted down legislation that would have provided desperately needed state funding for clean water infrastructure and created hundreds of thousands of family-wage jobs. During a Committee markup, Subcommittee on Water Resources...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "Update on the Latest Climate Change Science and Local Adaptation Measures" Aug. 1, 2012 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Climate change is real, human activities are the primary cause, and the warming planet poses a significant risk to ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved legislation related to toxic chemicals reform, wildlife, General Service Administration (GSA) resolutions, and other measures.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Hearing on EPA Authorities and Actions to Control Exposures to Toxic Chemicals July 24, 2012 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) The purpose of this hearing is to review the need to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the primary law that regulates chemicals ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 20, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement concerning new reports that the General Services Administration (GSA) spent nearly $270,000 of taxpayer money on a lavish one-day awards ceremony in 2010.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Two top ranking Democratic Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today commended Acting GSA Administrator Dan Tangerlini for blowing the whistle on additional abuses of taxpayer money at the agency. Earlier this month Tangerlini called upon the GSA’s Inspector...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Hearing on the Science on Lead's Impacts on Children's Development and Public Health July 12, 2012 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today's hearing on the threat posed by lead provides a clear example of just how important the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the statement below following the President's signing of the transportation reauthorization bill into law. Senator Boxer served as the chair of the House-Senate, bipartisan conference ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member, issued the following statement today after the Senate voted 74 to 19 to pass the bipartisan House-Senate transportation conference report, Moving ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member, issued the following statement on the bipartisan, bicameral agreement that has been reached on the transportation conference report. The agreement provides funding at current levels through the end of fiscal year 2014.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement regarding today's decision by the D.C. Court of Appeals to affirm the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) landmark efforts to protect Americans from the devastating impacts of carbon pollution.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued a statement in response to a General Services Administration (GSA) announcement that the agency is moving forward with its plan for a new Los Angeles Courthouse.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement regarding the surface transportation bill conference.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved the nomination of Allison M. Macfarlane to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the President Obama's designee as Chair and the re-nomination of Kristine L. Svinicki to be a Member of the NRC. The nominees will now go to the full Senate for consideration.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 20, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the Senate's 46-53 rejection of a proposal to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing clean air standards for lead, arsenic and other toxics.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following a meeting called by Majority Leader Harry Reid in Speaker John Boehner's office, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed update to its clean air standards for harmful soot pollution.
