Capitol Hill Events – Week of October 2, 2018 – The Eno Center for Transportation

Capitol Hill Events – Week of October 2, 2018

September 27, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Wednesday, October 3 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee hearing on positive train control implementation status (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., SR-253 Russell.

(The House of Representatives has gone home and won’t be back until November 14.)

Peter DeFazio to Retire, Setting Off Race to Fill Head Dem Slot on T&I Panel

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Senate Confirms Sullenberger to ICAO, Tees Up NMB Vote Next Week

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Senate Panel Approves DOT, FMC Nominees, but Sen. Scott Puts Hold on All DOT Noms

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White House Names 3 More DOT Nominees; 4 Others Approved in Committee

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Guiding the New UAS Industry to Safety Excellence

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Biden Signs Sweeping Market Competition/Concentration Order

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Monje Confirmed at USDOT; White House Makes FMC Nomination

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Revised Version of House Democratic Transportation Bill to Be Marked Up Tomorrow

Yesterday, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a revised version of the INVEST in America Act...

Op-Ed: Federal Transportation Policy’s Prerequisites

The future of the federal surface transportation program is uncertain and clouded by an ever-widening range of parallel and perhaps...

Senate Likely to Amend Buy America Bill to Exempt Aggregates and Cement

After two weeks of floor debate and many amendments, the U.S. Senate is on the edge of passing S. 1260, a bill intended to revitalize U.S....

Pending Senate Bill Would Alter Buy America Requirements

The U.S. Senate is in the middle of considering the "Endless Frontier Act" (S. 1260) – an umbrella bill assembled by Majority Leader...

House Members Request $20.8 Billion in Earmarks

Now that Congress has brought back earmarking, House members have filed requests for 5,267 projects totaling $20.75 billion. House...