Capitol Hill Events – Week of February 4, 2019 – The Eno Center for Transportation

Capitol Hill Events – Week of February 4, 2019

February 01, 2019 | Jeff Davis

Tuesday, February 5 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee business meeting to vote on pending business including the nomination of Nicole Nason to be Federal Highway Administrator (full agenda here) – 10:00 a.m., SD-406 Dirksen.

Thursday, February 7 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full committee hearing entitled “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot Wait” (witness list to be posted here) – 9:30 a.m., HVC-210, Capitol Visitors Center (Note: not the normal committee hearing room.)

Supreme Court Downsizes "Wetlands" Scope of Clean Water Act

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EPW Chairman Carper to Retire; Path Clear for Whitehouse to Take Top Dem Spot

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Senate Subcommittee Discusses New EPA Vehicle Emission Standards

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UK Transport Research and Innovation – Reflections and Insights

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Short Line Railroads' Environmental Push

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Ensuring the Green Jobs are Good Jobs

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CBO Releases Overview of GHG Emissions in Transportation

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Webinar: The Fast Lane to an EV Future

Electric vehicles play an important role in decreasing carbon emissions and advancing environmental goals. The Investment in Infrastructure...

Emission-Reducing Aviation Technologies Presented at House Hearing

This week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation met to discuss different aviation...

Webinar: Transit Strategies to Meet Climate Goals

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, which account for 29 percent of total emissions in the United States, is going to...

Here’s What Biden’s Budget Would Do, and Not Do, for Climate Change

The largest chunk of the $142 billion for transportation would be used to fix roads and bridges — or perhaps build new...

For Pete’s Sake! Sec. Buttigieg Won’t Push Back on States that Ignore Equity, Climate Guidelines

The Federal Highway Administration guidelines are, in fact, advisories that are not legally binding, as Jeff Davis of the Eno...