— Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statement regarding news that T&I Chairman Sam Graves will not be seeking re-election.“With Sam Graves’ announcement that he will not run again, the House of Representatives—and T&I Committee—is losing a fierce advocate for infrastructure investment and transportation safety,” Ranking Member Larsen said. “I’ve known Sam as a colleague, a friend and a bipartisan partner f… Continue Reading
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unanimously approved its portion of the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act of 2026 (H.R. 7613), the bipartisan comprehensive legislative response to the various aviation safety issues raised by the tragic 2025 midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a UH-60 Army Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The ALERT Act was introduced in the House by Transportation and… Continue Reading
— Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statement after the Trump administration unfroze funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program.“After months of fighting alongside local and state officials involved in sparing families the worst impact of natural disasters, I am glad FEMA finally released critical funding that the Trump Admini… Continue Reading
June 26, 2025
Hurricane season is here, and according to government forecasts it’s shaping up to be brutal. And then comes wildfire season, which is growing more destructive in the West. The U.S. just faced the worst tornado season in more than a decade. You wouldn’t know it by the Trump administration’s approach to disaster preparation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in disarray, and President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem want to dismantle the disaster response agency altog… Continue Reading
February 05, 2024One year ago, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, displacing a community, jeopardizing health, harming the local environment and exposing gaps in our rail safety laws. The derailment and subsequent fire of tanker cars carrying vinyl chloride led Norfolk Southern to release and burn these toxic chemicals to prevent a dangerous explosion. As a result, the town was forced to evacuate all residents within a one-mile radius, upending thousands of lives. Thanks to the … Continue Reading
February 03, 2022By 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