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U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to set newer, more protective national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM) pollution.
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After disturbing Amtrak Auto Train passenger accounts from a delayed 37-hour-long journey, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, alongside Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner demanding answers about the incident and an explanation of the company’s policies to ensure adequate customer treatment.
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement after an outage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notice of Air Missions (NOTAM) system:
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent a letter to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Deputy Administrator Tristan Brown with concerns about the oversight of TC Energy’s special permit for the Keystone pipeline, which last month spilled nearly 600 thousand gallons of bitumen oil, polluting a creek that flows into nearby rivers and becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in almost a decade.
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation said that the Committee intends to hold hearings in the wake of Southwest Airlines massive operational and customer service failures.
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today welcomed the Republican Members recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee to serve on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 118th Congress.
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), the Committee’s Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), and 120 other Members of Congress today wrote Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg seeking answers about this week’s meltdown of a key aviation safety notification system.
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the Committee’s Republican senior staff appointments for the 118th Congress.
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Statement from Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) regarding today’s meltdown of the National Airspace System:
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U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) has been selected to serve as Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 118th Congress.
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Last week, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee lead Republican Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee lead Republican David Rouzer (R-NC) criticized the Biden Administration for moving forward, in the face of a pending Supreme Court ruling, to reinstate strict and cumbersome regulations over waters and water use decisions throughout the United States.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced millions in grant funds to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for a ferry design and construction project.
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There were 28 notices published by the Transportation Department in week ending Jan. 14, according to the Federal Register.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Rural communities are getting a financial boost from the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to repair roads and bridges and enhance transportation options in those regions to ensure goods and people can move around safely and effectively.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.