June 25, 2021 – The Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing titled Aviation Infrastructure for the 21st Century, on June 23, to discuss the current state of aviation infrastructure in the United States as well as plans for maintaining and modernizing such infrastructure.
June 25, 2021 – Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Carlos Monje, Jr. to be the number 3 official at the U.S. Department of Transportation (Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy).
June 25, 2021 – Senate Budget Committee chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is working on a budget blueprint calling for $6 trillion in gross spending increases over the next ten years, with some specific program assumptions for transportation.
Monday, June 28 – House Rules – full committee hearing to set terms for general debate on bills including H.R. 3684, INVEST in America Act – 3:00p.m., H-313, The Capitol. Tuesday, June 29 – House Rules – full committee hearing to set terms for amendment debate on H.R. 3684, INVEST…
June 18, 2021 – The Department of Transportation announced on June 11 how the remaining $250 million of the March 2021 American Rescue Plans’s $1.7 billion in mass transit Capital Investment Grant (CIG) funding would be distributed to 23 “small start” projects.
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June 18, 2021 – The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee recently passed a large-scale surface transportation bill, and it is safe to say it misses the mark on several fronts, particularly on rail policy. This is especially true given that the Senate has passed its own bill through two committees in a bipartisan manner, largely devoid of unneeded, prescriptive business mandates.
June 18, 2021 – The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing this week on the “Impacts of Shipping Container Shortages, Delays, and Increased Demand on the North American Supply Chain.”
June 18, 2021 – A large bipartisan group of Senators on June 16 announced an agreement on a two-page framework to spend $579 billion above current levels on infrastructure, but the deal has not yet been approved by the White House, and there is growing opposition to any bipartisan deal amongst Senate Democrats.
Wednesday, June 23 – House Homeland Security – full committee hearing on diversity, equity and accountability in the Coast Guard – 9:30 a.m., virtual. Wednesday, June 23 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation – subcommittee hearing on aviation infrastructure for the 21st…