March 10, 2023 – 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.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Freight-Train.jpg282425Anusha Chitturihttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngAnusha Chitturi2023-03-10 20:19:042023-04-14 11:29:03Bipartisan Push for Increasing Safety Regulation at the Recent Senate Hearing on Ohio Train Derailment
March 10, 2023 – On 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, the subcommittee members and the pipeline experts who testified all agreed that there was no pipeline-related issue more important than safety.
March 10, 2023 – The 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 “civilian” role of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/atc-tower-sunset-2.jpg6651000Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-03-10 20:13:552023-04-14 11:29:08USDOT Attorney Argues FAA Nominee Does Not Need “Civilian” Waiver to Serve
March 10, 2023 – In broad strokes, the White House’s fiscal 2024 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation is pretty simple, but a bipartisan Congress is poised to reject most of it.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-50-100-benjamin-scaled-7.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-03-10 19:07:532023-06-27 17:06:31Bipartisan Congress Likely to Reject Many of Biden’s Proposed DOT Changes
March 10, 2023 – Under 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 of quasi-obligations incurred.
March 10, 2023 – President 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 probably won’t be reconciled until after a government shutdown showdown, or a debt ceiling showdown, or both, later this year.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-100-benjamin-stack-pile-scaled-5.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-03-10 17:50:392023-06-27 17:06:33Biden FY24 Budget Can’t Be Reconciled With House Plans
Wednesday, 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, March 16 – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation – full committee hearing on local views on public transportation – 10:00 a.m., SD-538…
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-capitol-325342_1920-e1478720897913.jpg502750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-03-10 15:11:462023-04-14 11:29:05Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 13, 2023
March 3, 2023 – The Biden Administration announced the recipients of the first year’s tranche of funding under the Reconnecting Communities pilot program on February 28. Federal grants total $185 million.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Highway2NW.png30244032Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-03-03 20:23:152023-04-14 11:28:56Initial RC Awards Demonstrate Gap Between Goals and Resources
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/money-rolls-1-scaled.jpg17062560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-03-03 20:22:512023-04-14 11:28:57House Appropriators Open Earmark Process but Exempt 5 Bills From Earmarking