Thursday, August 6 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee hearing on pending USDOT nominations (Soskin to be IG, Primus to STB, and Feinberg and Koos to Amtrak Board) – 10:00 a.m., SR-253 Russell and online.
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July 24, 2020 – Protracted internal negotiations between the White House and Congressional Republicans have delayed the scheduled release of the GOP’s counter-proposal for the next round of coronavirus aid to next Monday, July 27.
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Monday, July 27, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 – House Rules – full committee hearing on proposed amendments to H.R. 7617, the combined Defense-Commerce-Justice-Science-Energy-Water-Financial Services-Homeland-Labor-HHS-Education-Transportation-HUD appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021 – 2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m., via Cisco WebEx. (Date and time changed due to Rep. John Lewis funeral arrangements.)
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July 23, 2020 – This week, the Senate Commerce Committee approved the nomination of Joel Szabat to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, and the President nominated a longtime House staffer to fill the fifth and final seat on the Surface Transportation Board.
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July 7, 2020 – The U.S. Senate returns to Washington next week for what is scheduled to be a three-week period leading up to a six-week August-September recess, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is expected to unveil his party’s version of the next round of coronavirus-related relief aid next week.
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July 7, 2020 – The Trump Administration has issued the final rule updating the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the first time since the regulations were first issued in 1978. The final rule was announced by President Trump at a speech in Atlanta on July 15 and became official when printed in the Federal Register the following day.