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Senator spoke on Senate floor following Leader Schumer’s motion to move Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination forward Leader Schumer: “I hope anyone who cares about inflation and rising prices and collusion and all kinds of manipulation of those prices….

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Overwhelming Support Continues for Capito, Carper, Boozman Recycling Bill
Overwhelming Support Continues for Capito, Carper, Boozman Recycling Bill

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Engine Start Issues Led to Contact of Oil Tanker with Loading Dock
An incorrect solution to address a main engine start issue led to the contact between an oil tanker and a loading dock in the Port of Corpus Christi, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

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Buttigieg: Department of Transportation reassigns Newark runway times to promote competition, 'lower fares and more choices for the traveling public'
The U.S. Department of Transportation is reassigning 16 peak afternoon and evening runway times previously held by Southwest Airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to a Feb. 25 news release.

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Boeing: 'Our technical experts are prepared to assist with the investigation' of China Eastern plane crash
A China Eastern Airlines Boeing jet recently took a nosedive into the mountains of southern China leaving no survivors.

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Letter from airline CEOs: 'Now is the time' for Biden to end air travel restrictions, mask mandate
A group of executives from several top U.S. airlines sent a letter to the Biden administration asking to rescind the numerous COVID-19 restrictions on air travel, claiming that the current state of the virus does not warrant mask mandates or pre-departure testing requirements.

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation
News Release: Department’s Budget Makes Vital Investments in Making Transportation Safer, More Reliable and More Affordable

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Opening Statement of Ranking Member Capito for Hearing on Promoting American Energy Security
Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing about promoting American energy security while reducing emissions.


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FAA Releases New Maps for Alaska’s Brooks Range
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has added two mountain passes to visual aviation charts, making flying safer in Northern Alaska.

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Top FAA Safety Official Nolen to Serve as Acting FAA Administrator
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has named Billy Nolen to serve as acting FAA Administrator after FAA Administrator Steve Dickson departs at the end of March.

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Fatal Bus Crash Subject of Board Meeting
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a virtual public board meeting April 19 to consider the draft final report on a fatal bus crash in California.On Feb. 22, 2020, at about 10:23 a.m.

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President Biden, U.S. DOT Announce $2.9 Billion of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Major Infrastructure Projects of Regional or National Significance
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $2.9 billion of funding now available for major infrastructure projects through a combined Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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DOT, DOD, and Maritime Industry Work to Strengthen Ready Reserve Force
For the first time in over thirty years, the U.S.

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