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Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, recognized the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the decades of work to protect American consumers from dangerous and deadly products, including this year’s long overdue actions to protect children from hazardous residential elevators.
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, continued their efforts to increase transparency in the prescription drug pricing market, leading a bipartisan letter to Chairwoman Lina Khan to underscore the urgency for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to complete its Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) investigation and report its findings to Congress.
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On Friday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, visited Yakima Valley College (YVC) for a roundtable discussion about STEM education opportunities.
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U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticizing the unnecessary and improper Jones Act waivers issued by the agency for petroleum and liquid natural gas shipments to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Fiona.
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U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced two Democratic staff changes on the committee. Alexandra Teitz will serve as Chief Counsel, while Jake Abbott will take over as Communications Director.
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The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) has been awarded an $809,000 federal grant to purchase one propane and three electric school buses for the Colonial School District through the federal Clean School Bus Rebate Program
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In an op-ed published today in National Review, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee discussed concrete solutions to ease the negative impacts of President Biden’s failed climate and energy policies ahead of the upcoming UN international climate summit, COP27.
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Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statements on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on small refineries.
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North American Transborder Freight up 24.1% in August 2022 from August 2021
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The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ September fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.4 billion gallons of fuel, 6.7% less fuel than in August 2022 (1.50 billion gallons) and 5.4% less than in pre-pandemic September 2019.
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An investigation into a Decatur, Tennessee, crash between a school bus and a service utility truck that killed two—including a 7-year-old child—has led the National Transportation Safety Board to reiterate past recommendations that could have prevented this crash.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles issued a “Do Not Drive” warning today for roughly 276,000 model year 2005 - 2010 Dodge Magnums, Chargers, and Challengers, as well as MY 2005-2010 Chrysler 300s.
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The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published an eight page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.