Tag: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

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Graves chosen as GOP leader of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

The House Republican Conference elected Rep. Graves to be the GOP leader of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Get details on Equipment World.

December 10, 2018

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Work on short-term transportation funding patches heats up as deadline nears

Efforts to create at least a short-term patch for transportation funding are in the works this week, with one bill, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 (HR 2353), set to go before the House of Representatives Rules Committee today (May 18). Congressmen Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, and Paul Ryan […]

May 18, 2015

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House passes $12.3 billion water infrastructure projects bill

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $12.3 billion water infrastructure reauthorization bill on Tuesday, The Hill reports. The conference version of the bill, dubbed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, would authorize funding for waterway projects, including construction and maintenance. If the Senate passes the bill, it will be the first water […]

May 21, 2014

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DOT headquarters could bear Jim Oberstar’s name

The U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters could bear a new name if on congressman’s efforts prove fruitful. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation that would name the building after Jim Oberstar, the former Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman who died May 3, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune reports. This is not the first time Lipinski […]

May 15, 2014

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Mica: Streamline all infrastructure projects, not just a chosen few

In response to the President’s announcement to streamline just 14 infrastructure projects across the nation in the name of economic stimulus, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) called the announcement a drop in the bucket when the entire infrastructure project process is mired in red tape. Mica released the following statement: “Unfortunately, […]

October 18, 2011

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Mica: Streamline all infrastructure projects, not just a chosen few

In response to the President’s announcement to streamline just 14 infrastructure projects across the nation in the name of economic stimulus, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) called the announcement a drop in the bucket when the entire infrastructure project process is mired in red tape. Mica released the following statement: “Unfortunately, […]

October 12, 2011

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Rep. Chuck Fleischmann named to House T&I Committee

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) has been named to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I). “I am pleased to welcome Rep. Fleischmann to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,” said Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) in a written press statement. “I look forward to working with him as the Committee develops a major transportation […]

June 21, 2011

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Rep. Chuck Fleischmann named to House T&I Committee

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann named to House T&I Committee

June 21, 2011

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Congress clears surface transportation extension

One day after the House passed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 by a final vote of 421 to 4, the Senate approved by voice vote March 3 vital legislation to extend highway, transit, and highway safety programs through the end of September, clearing the measure for signature by President Barack Obama.

March 3, 2011

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‘Traffic choking nation’s economy,’ Ohio trucking exec tells Congress

uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.,uttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation's supply chain and economy.

March 3, 2011

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‘Traffic choking nation’s economy,’ Ohio trucking exec tells Congress

Keith Tuttle, president of Motor Carrier Services Inc., Northwood, Ohio, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that congestion is choking the nation’s supply chain and economy. “As the owner of a small trucking company of 90 trucks, I know our nation’s inventory moves in our industry’s trailers,” Tuttle said Feb. 19 at a committee […]

February 28, 2011

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Mica: Obama spending plan ‘pitiful’

U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.), the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Republican leader, has slammed the report by the U.S. Treasury Department and the White House on the Obama Administration’s $50 billion infrastructure spending plan. On Oct. 11, Mica released the following statement: “Unfortunately, this last-minute report is a pitiful and tardy political excuse […]

October 12, 2010