By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration's decision not to issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Boxer Visits Riverside County To Discuss Ongoing Need To Rebuild Our Nation's Transportation Systems Jan. 18, 2012 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I want to thank Ron Loveridge, the Mayor of Riverside, for introducing me. I also want to thank Karen Spiegel, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced national standards to reduce harmful mercury, arsenic, lead, and other hazardous air toxics from power plants.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 15, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Joint Hearing: Full Committee and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety "Review of the NRC's Near-Term Task Force Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century" Dec. 15, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) It is the responsibility ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation by a vote of 234 to 193 that extends payroll tax cuts, but contains unrelated provisions that will have devastating impacts on the health and safety of the American people and the environment. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and other Committee members issued the following statement on the environmental riders to H.R. 3630...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Dec. 13, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) If someone told you that there was scientific proof that if you drove down a certain street, you would kill multiple people -- you would stop and not go there. Well, by stopping the clean boiler rule from going ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the following statement following the conclusion of the United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued a statement on a letter sent to the White House from four of the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners regarding the Chairman of the Commission, Gregory Jaczko. All five of the commissioners ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is calling on House Republicans to drop dangerous provisions from their payroll tax cut legislation that would stop a clean air rule that protects the American people from toxic mercury and arsenic pollution. The proposal also includes a provision to immediately move forward on the tar sands XL pipeline without proper consideration of public health and safety.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved several pieces of legislation, including bills to help restore Lake Tahoe and the Delaware River Basin, and a measure to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network. The Committee also approved several General Services Administration (GSA) resolutions. The measures now go to the full Senate for consideration.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Press Conference to Send Message on Climate Change to Durban Conference December 7, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I am here today as Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to send a clear message to the Summit of the UN Framework Convention ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
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By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will be joined by Committee Members and transportation leaders tomorrow to unveil a major proposal to create American jobs.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement at an event organized by the National Climate Ethics Campaign on the moral and ethical obligation to address climate change...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - To combat ongoing high unemployment among American veterans, U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and U.S. Representative Tom Petri (R-WI), Chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee, today introduced bipartisan legislation to create transportation jobs for American veterans.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today held a press conference after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Chairman John Mica (R-FL) unveiled the House Republican ‘proposal’ for a long-term surface transportation reauthorization. Below are Rahall’s remarks, as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, responded to a controversial proposal by House Republican leaders calling for expanded drilling to bolster the Highway Trust Fund.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and U.S. Representative Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR), top Democrat on the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, will hold a press conference today to discuss the House Republican “proposal" for a long-term surface transportation reauthorization.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today discussed the importance of investing in America’s transportation future to help grow West Virginia’s economy at the 2011West Virginians for Better Transportation Conference in Charleston, West Virginia.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will discuss the importance of transportation investments while addressing the 2011 West Virginians for Better Transportation Conference on Nov. 14, 2011, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston, West Virginia.
