By US DOT Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member, released an outline for Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the nation's transportation programs for two years.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chairman of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, reached out to all 535 Members of Congress to urge immediate action on a transportation bill to prevent the imminent loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials today held a hearing on “The Silvertip Pipeline Oil Spill in Yellowstone County, Montana."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement regarding a report that was released today by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the safety of U.S. nuclear facilities. The 90-day review was conducted by a task force that was created following Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today the Environment and Public Works Committee approved five pieces of legislation and several resolutions, including measures to promote the conservation of migratory birds and to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. The Committee also approved several General Services Administration (GSA) resolutions and an Army Corps of Engineers resolution.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the Committee, and U.S. Representative John Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the Committee, aimed at reining in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) overreach in the Clean Water Act permitting process that is threatening the future of coal mining jobs and communities throughout Appalachia.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC- Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representatives Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Edward J. Markey, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, released a new report ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "Oversight Hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's Implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act's Unregulated Drinking Water Contaminants Program" July 12, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I have called this hearing to examine ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unveiled the framework for a controversial multi-year surface transportation proposal to reauthorize our Nation’s highway, highway safety, transit, and rail programs. Democratic leaders on the Committee responded at an afternoon news conference on Capitol Hill.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement today that it has finalized a rule to reduce air pollution transport across state lines.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a press conference tomorrow after Committee Republicans roll out a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, held a press conference today and released new numbers regarding transportation-related job losses nationwide under the House passed budget plan. According to the Federal Highway Administration, almost ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing today to receive testimony on a controversial and potentially unconstitutional Republican bill to privatize Amtrak that would put it out of business by auctioning off its assets to the highest bidder.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the Committee, and U.S. Representative John Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the Committee, aimed at reining in EPA’s overreach in the Clean Water Act permitting process that is threatening the future of coal mining jobs and communities throughout Appalachia.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued a statement regarding today's cloture vote which ended further consideration of bipartisan legislation, S. 782 the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011. The bill would have provided investments in infrastructure and job creation to economically distressed communities.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Joint Hearing: Full Committee and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety "Oversight Hearing: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Preliminary Results of the Nuclear Safety Review in the United States following the Emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unveiled a controversial partisan proposal to privatize Amtrak that will destroy American jobs, imperil passenger rail service nationwide, and increase costs for the federal government, states, commuter rail agencies, freight railroads, small businesses, and American taxpayers.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "The Clean Air Act and Public Health" June 15, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I called this hearing to conduct oversight on one of the most successful and significant public health statutes in our nation's history, the Clean Air Act. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation today held an oversight hearing on creating jobs and increasing U.S. exports by enhancing the Marine Transportation System.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today the Environment and Public Works Committee approved bipartisan legislation, S. 76, the Strengthening Protections for Children and Communities From Disease Clusters Act, to help communities determine whether there is a connection between "clusters" of cancer, birth defects and other ...
