July 17, 2018
New DOT instructions adds uncertainty, unnecessary delays, and increased costs to transit projects
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao, slamming the administration for creating new burdens and layers of bureaucracy designed to incr… Continue Reading
July 17, 2018
FEMA is short-staffed in the midst of tornado, hurricane, wildfire, and storm season
Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long, asking FEMA to respond to serious questions related to FEMA's depleted workfo… Continue Reading
July 09, 2018
DeFazio, Napolitano Question EPA Amid Reports It Suppressed Study on Toxic Chemicals
Demand documents on toxic chemical that has contaminated drinking water and groundwater near military bases
Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator An… Continue Reading
December 07, 2017
2017-11-07 LTR GAO re Long Trains.pdf… Continue Reading
October 03, 2017
October 4, 2017
The Honorable Arthur A. Elkins, Jr.
Inspector General
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Dear Inspector General Elkins:
We write to request that you conduct an audit of the recent expenditures made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Administrator Pruitt's security that we believe constitute potential waste or abuse of taxpayer dollars. Similar to Administrator Pruitt's recent travels that precipitated y… Continue Reading
August 06, 2017
The Honorable Keith Hall
Director
Congressional Budget Office
402 Ford House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Director Hall:
Last month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost estimate for H.R. 2997, the "21st Century AIRR Act", as ordered reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. CBO determined that H.R. 2997, which privatizes the Nation's air traffic control system, would increase net deficits by more than $20 billion over … Continue Reading
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