By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to set a national drinking water standard for perchlorate. Perchlorate is a toxic component ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington- Tom Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President, and Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, will appear before the Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday, February 16 at 10 a.m. to speak out on the need for Congress to act on a new transportation bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, made the following statement on legislation (S. 249), re-introduced in the Senate today, that would completely ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 31, 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 a bill introduced today by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) that would undermine landmark environmental laws that protect the public from carbon pollution...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member, announced the EPW committee roster for the 112th Congress...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced legislation with Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) to help communities determine whether there is a connection between "clusters" of cancer, birth defects and other diseases, and contaminants in the surrounding environment.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced today that she introduced several pieces of legislation aimed at protecting children and families from dangerous toxins in drinking water, addressing potential increases of a disease within a community, and ensuring that buildings across the nation reduce pollution and are more energy efficient.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced legislation (S. 79) with Senator Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) that would establish a deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set an enforceable drinking water safeguard for hexavalent ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: STATEMENT OF SENATOR BARABARA BOXER Full Committee Hearing on "Transportation's Role in Supporting Our Economy and Job Creation" Jan. 26, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Welcome everyone to the first hearing of the Environment and Public Works Committee for the 112th Congress. Economic recovery ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Democratic leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Democratic Leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the roster of Democratic Members and announced the Democratic Caucus of the Committee has selected Subcommittee Ranking Members for each of its six panels.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2011
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 final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued guidelines for public water systems across the country on how to monitor and test for the toxic chemical, chromium-6, in drinking water. Water providers currently monitor for total chromium, but not chromium-6. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the latest development...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today attempted to fend off changes to House rules that threaten to undermine long-standing Federal transportation programs.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, President Obama signed S. 3874, a bipartisan bill that will help eliminate lead from drinking water, into law. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and co-sponsored by Ranking Member, Senator James ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 23, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a timeline for regulating greenhouse gas pollution from power plants and petroleum refineries. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a statement from Administrator Lisa Jackson detailing the actions the Agency is taking to address the issue of chromium-6, a cancer-causing toxic chemical, in drinking water. Yesterday Senators Barbara Boxer, Chairman of ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senators Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA), wrote to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and called on the Agency to quickly provide information on its efforts to keep chromium 6, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate unanimously passed H.R. 4973, the National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010, which would reauthorize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) volunteer programs and require the development of a strategy to better engage volunteers in the work of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the House of Representatives passed S. 3874, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Ranking Member, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) with a vote of 226 to 109. The Senate unanimously passed the legislation ...
