By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation today held an oversight hearing on the United States response to piracy, particularly in the Horn of Africa region, and its effect on international shipping.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee's approval of a bill that would permanently block the Environmental Protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials today held a hearing on finding ways to encourage and increase private sector participation in passenger rail service.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Following media reports documenting the Smithsonian museums’ widespread practice of selling gift shop items manufactured in China, U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, yesterday introduced legislation to help foster growth of American jobs by compelling the Smithsonian to sell only items made in the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Thomas Carper (D-DE), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) held a press conference today with top health ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today gave the keynote address at the 4th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention in Washington, D.C.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to House subcommittee action on a bill that would permanently block the Environmental Protection Agency from curbing carbon ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment today held an oversight hearing on the Administration’s budget request and priorities for fiscal year 2012 for the Army Corps of Engineers, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to a bill introduced today by Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) in the Senate and Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) in the House ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Floor Remarks of Senator Barbara Boxer
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the Senate's passage of H.R. 662, the Surface Transportation Act of 2011, which extends surface transportation programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues its nationwide series of field hearings and listening sessions to craft a long-term surface transportation bill, the House today passed by a vote of 421 - 4 a bipartisan bill that would save American transportation jobs by extending the Nation’s highway, highway safety, and transit programs through Sept. 30, 2011.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall, top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today pressed the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water on the agency’s inconsistent and unfair surface coal mine permitting process at an oversight hearing on the Administration’s fiscal year 2012 budget request for the EPA.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment today held an oversight hearing on the Administration’s budget request and priorities for fiscal year 2012 for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation today held an oversight hearing on the Administration’s fiscal year 2012 budget requests for the Coast Guard, Maritime Administration, and Federal Maritime Commission.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: Statement of Chairman Boxer Joint Senate EPW and House T&I Committee Hearing Entitled... "Improving and Reforming our Nation's Surface Transportation Programs to Support Job Creation and the Economy" Feb. 23, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I want to offer a warm welcome to Congressman John ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to the passage of H.R.1, the Republican budget proposal, through the House of Representatives early today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today released the agenda for the Native American Transportation, Infrastructure and Economic Development Roundtable he is hosting on March 2, 2011.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials today held a hearing on rehabilitating and improving our Nation’s rail infrastructure.
