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The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Following Capito Letter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delays Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing

Following a letter from U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and 11 of her colleagues, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is delaying the effective date of the final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act from January 30, 2023 to March 31, 2023.
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Carper, Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Call for Stronger Safeguards to Protect Americans from Chemical Accidents

U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.), joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), U.S. Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), and 45 other congressional colleagues in a letter sent Wednesday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging the agency to strengthen protections for workers, environmental justice communities, and first responders under its proposed Risk Management Program (RMP) rule.
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Carper, Pallone File Amicus Brief Defending States’ Clean Cars Authority

U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today filed an amicus brief in the pending case of Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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Sens Cruz, Cantwell and Reps Curtis, Moulton Introduces Consumer Protection Bill on Recording Smart Devices

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today introduced the Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act.
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Sen. Cruz Demands Answers on Biden Administration’s Efforts to Ban Gas Stoves

Incoming U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is pressing U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Commissioner Richard L. Trumka, Jr. to disclose data and information regarding the CPSC’s efforts to ban gas stoves.
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Senate Commerce Committee Delivers Progress for American Families, Economy, Future Under Chair Cantwell

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, released a review of Committee achievements during the 117th Congress.
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Cantwell, Grassley Continue Fight Against Skyrocketing Drug Costs

Senators reintroduce widely supported, common sense bills to increase transparency and curb deceptive practices by prescription drug middlemen
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Sens Cruz, Cantwell and Reps Curtis, Moulton Introduces Consumer Protection Bill on Recording Smart Devices

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today introduced the Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act.
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Sen. Cruz Demands Answers on Biden Administration’s Efforts to Ban Gas Stoves

Incoming U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is pressing U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Commissioner Richard L. Trumka, Jr. to disclose data and information regarding the CPSC’s efforts to ban gas stoves.
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Graves Announces T&I Subcommittee Chairs for 118th Congress

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the chairs of the panel’s six subcommittees for the 118th Congress.
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Transportation & Infrastructure Committee to Hold Organizational Meeting, Followed by First Hearing of the 118th Congress on the State of Infrastructure and the Supply Chain

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) announced that the Committee will hold its organizational meeting for the 118th Congress at 9:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
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House Passes Bill to Improve FAA Safety System that Suffered Recent Meltdown

A bill to improve the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) pilot safety notification system, and two bills to improve and increase transparency in federal programs for disaster assistance, were approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives today.
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Transportation Department discusses Proposed Revocation of Colored Federal Airway Red 39 (R-39); Bethel, AK on Jan. 30

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rear Impact Guards; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking discussed on Jan. 30 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice published on Jan. 30 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Unconventional Concepts, Inc. discussed on Jan. 30 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice published by Transportation Department on Jan. 30

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Buttigieg: 'Our goal is to create a transportation system that truly serves everyone'

The Department of Transportation recently announced updates to its Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander action plan.
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27 notices published in week ending Jan. 21 by Transportation Department

There were 27 notices published by the Transportation Department in week ending Jan. 21, according to the Federal Register.
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