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July 10, 2024Ranking Member Cohen’s Statement from Hearing on Strengthening Aviation Workforce
— The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Steve Cohen (D-TN), during today’s hearing titled, “Eliminating Bottlenecks: Examining Opportunities to Recruit, Retain, and Engage Aviation Talent.”Video of Cohen’s opening statement can be found here.More information on the hearing can be found here.Ranking Member Cohen:Thank you, Chairman Graves, and thank you to all of our witnesses for testifying today.Now that we have successf… Continue Reading
July 09, 2024
Ranking Members Larsen, Norton Applaud $1.5 Billion for Clean Buses, Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
— Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statements after the Federal Transit Administration announced nearly $1.5 billion in grant funding from the Bus and Bus Facilities and Low- and No-Emission Bus programs for 117 projects across the country.“From Juneau to Ann Arbor to Cape Cod, this funding allows communities to buy… Continue Reading
July 09, 2024
Ranking Members Larsen, Wilson Statements from Hearing on Reducing Rail Pollution
— The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Frederica Wilson (D-FL), during today’s hearing, titled, “An Examination of the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) In Use Locomotive Regulation.”Video of Larsen’s and Wilson’s opening statements can be found here and here.More information on the… Continue Reading
Aviation safety and 5G can coexist, but stakeholders must work together
By Chairs DeFazio and Larsen The rollout of our country's 5G wireless network has been marked by delays, dysfunction and denial. It didn't have to be this way! In 2019, aviation stakeholders, policymakers like us and safety advocates loudly warned it would be a grave mistake to turn on 5G without first ensuring that interference from these powerful networks wouldn't adversely impact aviation safety. Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission ignored and even mocked these concern… Continue Reading
November 23, 2021
Thanks to President Biden, infrastructure is bipartisan again — it needs to stay that way
July 21, 2021
Wall Street is boosting profits in railroads with new technology. But it’s ignoring the drawbacks
In a commentary published in Fortune earlier this month, Ike Brannon and Michael F. Gorman took great liberties in trying to debunk my concerns with precision scheduled railroading (PSR). Please allow me to set the record straight. I have served on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for 34 years, crafting public policy through seven different presidential administrations, both Democratic and Republican. Freight transportation is critical to our economy. The ability to… Continue Reading