ISSUE / Week of March 6, 2023
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Appropriations,BudgetMarch 10,2023 |Bipartisan Congress Likely to Reject Many of Biden’s Proposed DOT Changes
In broad strokes, the White House's fiscal 2024 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation is pretty simple: Get rid of $5.4 billion in Congressional priorities. Eliminating all... -
Federal Governance,FreightMarch 10,2023 |
Bipartisan Push for Increasing Safety Regulation at the Recent Senate Hearing on Ohio Train Derailment
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on March 9 on the recent derailment of railcars carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. Two panels of witnesses...
USDOT Attorney Argues FAA Nominee Does Not Need “Civilian” Waiver to Serve
March 10, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation wrote to Congress yesterday to argue that a 65-year-old law does not prohibit Phil Washington, a military veteran, from filling the...
Pipeline Safety Takes Center Stage
March 10, 2023 | Philip PlotchOn March 8, a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee held a hearing in Washington, D.C. to discuss pipeline safety. In the aftermath of last month’s freight train derailment in East Palestine,...
House Committee Takes Off with FAA R&D Plans
March 10, 2023 | Garett ShrodeOn Thursday, March 9, the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics under the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee met to discuss the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) research and...
Biden FY24 Budget Can’t Be Reconciled With House Plans
March 10, 2023 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden's proposed 2024 budget outline makes a lot of "big picture" proposals that go completely in the opposite direction that the new House Republican majority wants to go, conflict that...
DOT Proposes Signing $19 Billion in FFGAs in FY24
March 10, 2023 | Jeff DavisUnder the Biden Administration's proposed budget for fiscal 2024, this will be the year when all of the pre-Biden mass transit Capital Investment Grant projects get paid off and the next generation...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 13, 2023
March 10, 2023 | Jeff DavisWednesday, March 15 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee hearing on implementation of IIJA drinking water and wastewater programs – 10:00 a.m., SD-406 Dirksen. Thursday,...