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Since the Constitution provided the Congress with the power to establish post roads and regulate commerce among the states, the federal government has played a significant role in our country’s transportation and infrastructure. Our roads, bridges, railways, waterways and runways have all made it possible for what was initially a collection of relatively independent states to truly become one nation, intimately connected over millions of square miles. Infrastructure has always been the backbone of the United States economy. Our diverse and distant communities are tied together, and commerce thrives, because the American people have always understood the need for a cohesive, unifying transportation network. In the U.S. House, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation: aviation, maritime and waterborne transportation, highways, bridges, mass transit, and railroads. The Committee also has jurisdiction over other aspects of our national infrastructure, such as clean water and waste water management, the transport of resources by pipeline, flood damage reduction, the management of federally owned real estate and public buildings, the development of economically depressed rural and urban areas, disaster preparedness and response, and hazardous materials transportation.
Biden’s executive order to revoke the #KeystoneXL pipeline permit:
👎 kills thousands of U.S. jobs
👎 strands billions of dollars in Canadian investment
👎 signals that playing by U.S. rules gives investors no immunity from arbitrary political whim
👎 strains the U.S.-Canadian relationship
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-keystone-pipeline-kill-11611184519
On his first day he insults Canada and ends thousands of jobs.
ICYMI: Today Bloomberg Government highlighted Ranking Member Sam Graves' major concerns with the incoming administration's expected plan to revoke the #KeystoneXL pipeline permit.
Revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline would be a massive mistake that would roll back the progress made toward North American energy independence and eliminate many good jobs.
Today Ranking Member Sam Graves voiced major concerns about the incoming administration’s expected plan to do just that, along with House Committee on Natural Resources GOP and Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans Ranking Members Congressman Bruce Westerman and Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today released the following statements on the incoming administrat...
F50 years ago today, the General Services Administration created the Federal Protective Service to provide uniformed law enforcement at hundreds of GSA-managed properties. We are grateful to the thousands of dedicated FPS employees who have faithfully served over the past five decades.
The Department of Homeland Security has a vital mission: to secure the nation from the many threats we face.
“I want to thank Secretary Chao for her service to the Department of Transportation, our country, and the American people. I also want to thank her for her constant professionalism and her friendship. She has been a champion of infrastructure and transportation safety, effectively leading the Department over the last four years.” – Ranking Member Sam Graves
Full Statement: https://bit.ly/2LerpQv
GAO has issued a new report that reinforces the bipartisan concerns of T&I Committee leaders related to the U.S. Coast Guard’s $12 billion plan and initial contract to build a new class of cutter, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC). GAO undertook the study at the behest of T&I leadership. The GAO report highlights issues and concerns about the OPC design process, deficiencies in the construction schedule, and the potential for program delays and cost increases under the contract. Read the full statement from bipartisan T&I leadership here: https://bit.ly/3kBUBwB
Ranking Members Sam Graves & Congressman John Katko Bill Will Spur High-Speed Broadband Projects in Rural & Economically Distressed Communities: https://bit.ly/2V9Iw8o This important legislation will help bridge the #digitaldivide
Joint op-ed written by Sam Graves Senator Ted Cruz on the Coronavirus recovery -
Through no fault of its own, the entire aviation industry has been hit especially hard through this difficult period.
T&I Committee Republicans have released our COVID-19 Resource Guide, which catalogues the actions taken by the various federal agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction during this pandemic. “Committee Republicans are laser focused on working with the Trump Administration and our colleagues to ensure that the domestic supply chain can continue to move,” said Ranking Member Sam Graves. We will regularly update this document as events continue to develop. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2J8ANAz ”
Tune in at 10 am for "FEMA’s Priorities for 2020 and Beyond: Coordinating Mission and Vision" https://youtu.be/CN_ys7LP6lQ
Ranking Member Gibbs Statement from Hearing on the International Role of the Coast Guard: https://bit.ly/2Q2NjW5
Tune in at 10 am for "The International Role of the United States Coast Guard"
https://youtu.be/NngvUxQ0M0c
In the next 20 years, the global aerospace industry will need 754K new maintenance technicians & 790K new pilots. Tune in to our hearing on aviation workforce issues at 10 am📺 https://youtu.be/AsUMo24UqAU
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Tune in at 10 am📺 for Assessing the Transportation Needs of Tribes, Federal Land Management Agencies, and U.S. Territories https://youtu.be/OuZ4fLFPh6c
Tune in at 10 am📺 for Tracking Toward Zero: Improving Grade Crossing Safety and Addressing Community Concerns https://youtu.be/YmsCyuIEXek
ICYMI: T&I Ranking Members Sam Graves Rep. Rodney Davis released GOP principles in pursuit of a bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization bill https://bit.ly/2uGBe12 #movingforward #infrastructure
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) today outlined principles that Republican Members will focus on during this year’s planned Committee development of a surface transportation r...
Tune in at 10 am📺 GSA Outleases and the Trump Old Post Office Hotel https://youtu.be/aVz_ogytNPw
Tune in at 10 am📺 for Oversight of Working Conditions for Airline Ground Workers https://youtu.be/2vbyDnbaWOM
Tune in at 10 am📺 for The Path to a Carbon-Free Maritime Industry: Investments and Innovation https://youtu.be/WZaTIYLj4A8
🚨 Ranking Members @RepSamGraves & @RepWesterman Statements from Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2020: https://bit.ly/2R4ilwB
Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2020”:
Tune in at 10 am📺 for Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2020: https://youtu.be/CcZYa12LqIU
The Disaster Recovery Reform Act was signed into law 10/5/18 to speed up recovery, reduce costs and make the process easier for disaster survivors. Today’s Committee roundtable will examine implementation of DRRA one year later: https://bit.ly/2RwGePb
Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and...
🚨 Ranking Member Rick Crawford Statement from Hearing on Where’s My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight Transportation: https://bit.ly/33V2e8K
🚨 Ranking Member Congressman Rodney Davis Statement from Hearing on Where’s My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight Transportation: https://bit.ly/33V2e8K
Tune in at 10 am📺 for Where’s My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight Transportation https://youtu.be/G8kzUjfN_bE
Today, Ranking Members Sam Graves and Rep. Rodney Davis wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would reallocate part of the dedicated 5.9 GHz spectrum. The Ranking Members are joined in their opposition to reallocation of the dedicated spectrum by a broad coalition of transportation safety stakeholders including: Intelligent Transportation Society of America , American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) , AAA , American Highway Users Alliance , American Trucking Association , Global Automakers , ITE , League of American Bicyclists , MEMA - The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association , NAFA Fleet Management Association , Peloton Technology, and Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association.
Currently, the 5.9 GHz radiofrequency band is dedicated to short-range communications (DSRC) for use with intelligent transportation systems (ITS). ITS is critical to increase safety for all users of our roads, and we expect to take further steps to encourage greater use of ITS. We ask FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and all other Commissioners to reject the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that reallocates spectrum within the 5.9 GHz spectrum for unlicensed uses. Such action would greatly hinder future efforts to utilize safety technology for the benefit of all users of our transportation networks: https://bit.ly/2LktKpF
The Republican leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking that the agency maintain the 5.9GHz spectrum band specifically for transportation safety and reject a proposal....
Ranking Members Sam Graves, Rick Crawford, Congressman Bob Gibbs, Mark Meadows, Rep. Rodney Davis, Congressman Garret Graves, Congressman Bruce Westerman wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to share their concerns with the threat posed to the bipartisan legacy of the Committee by the Speaker's partisan agenda. At a recent markup the Committee failed to pass a bipartisan pipelines safety re-authorization, but the proven path to success for the Committee is bipartisan cooperation. Republican Committee Members remain committed to bipartisanship, and urge the Speaker to allow the Committee to rise above current partisan headwinds in order to deliver for the American people: https://bit.ly/2OnWMH2
After an uncharacteristically partisan Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of several bills, including a reauthorization of the expired federal pipeline safety program, the Ranking Republican Member of Committee and its subcommittee leaders wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to expre...
Bipartisan leadership of the Full Committee and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Sam Graves Congressman Bob Gibbs Peter DeFazio Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, have written a letter to Acting Secretary Chad Wolf of Department of Homeland Security expressing their shared concerns with recent developments on the contract to construct the @USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter, the largest contract in the history of the Coast Guard. The most recent development of this contacting process, DHS's proposal to give Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) extraordinary relief from its fixed price contract to construct the Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) raises yet another question on this unprecedented contact. Among other questions that must be answered to the Committee are: why DHS allowed ESG to proceed with the contract when doing so would require up to $659 million in additional federal funding and how DHS determined the need to cap the ESG contract at the first four OPCs and to re-compete the contract to build the balance of the remaining OPCs under the existing contract. As Congressional authorizers who have direct oversight over the Coast Guard, the Committee must be given answers to these important questions, so that we can be confident in the future of the OPC contract and the ultimate construction of these vessels. https://bit.ly/35umaAG
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) sent a let...
🚨 Ranking Member Congressman Bruce Westerman Statement from Hearing on Concepts for the Next Water Resources Development Act: Promoting Resiliency of our Nation’s Water Resources Infrastructure https://bit.ly/2KBuWF7
Tune in at 10 am📺 for Concepts for the Next Water Resources Development Act: Promoting Resiliency of our Nation’s Water Resources Infrastructure https://youtu.be/e4_PcS63RoQ
Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves, Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Congressman Garret Graves, and other T&I Committee Republicans have requested that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provide Congress with an update on several provisions in current law intended to ensure that FAA has the appropriate number of well-trained safety inspectors to conduct risk-based oversight of the aviation industry. These important safety provisions were enshrined in law by Congress in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (FAARA), and their importance has only grown since the two Boeing 737 MAX accidents. Specifically, Congress must know where FAA is in its assessment of its safety inspector workforce and training needs, and its process for updating its strategy for ensuring robust, risk-based oversight of the aviation system. This information will be critical as Congress considers how best to keep our system the safest aviation system in the world: https://bit.ly/2KA1Ndm
Congress passed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 with specific language authorizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take action against drones in certain circumstances in highly secure or sensitive government-controlled areas. The current proposal by DHS to allow for the operation of counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) equipment near airports is not what Congress intended or authorized. Furthermore, FAA is the only federal agency that fully understands the complexity of the National Airspace System, and to hand over authority to shoot down drones to an entity that doesn’t have that critical knowledge of our airspace system is irresponsible and dangerous. Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Ranking Member Congressman Mike D. Rogers (R-AL) of the Homeland Security Committee wrote to DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf objecting to Acting Secretary Chad Wolf objecting to the proposal: https://bit.ly/2OdffEW
The Republican leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security today objected to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) irresponsible proposal to allow for the operation of counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) equipment near airports, i...
🚨 Ranking Member Congressman Bob Gibbs Statement from Hearing on Commercial and Passenger Vessel Safety: Challenges and Opportunities https://bit.ly/2Xf6K02
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This hearing is political theater- plain and simple. September is National Preparedness Month and rather than hold a hearing on disaster programs and FEMA, we are holding this partisan hearing. Mark Meadows #GraspingAtStraws #ImaginaryImpeachment #TrumpHotel #OldPostOffice
Politically motivated hearings like this are preventing us from accomplishing real bipartisan wins like an infrastructure bill. Mark Meadows Sam Graves #ImaginaryImpeachment Read more: https://bit.ly/2l5sWey
Ranking Member Congressman Bruce Westerman - The Chairman suggested we take some time to apologize and I am going to do just that 📺:
We’ll #NeverForget the many heroes from this day 18 years ago. Some gave their lives. Our NATCA air traffic controllers & Federal Aviation Administration employees safely & quickly cleared the U.S. airspace of approx. 4,500 aircraft after we were attacked.
All aspects of air travel must be as safe as possible. This NBC Bay Area story asks if there’s an “automation addiction” in aviation & highlights a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans letter urging regulators to ensure airline pilot training standards are part of an overall examination of safety. Full story: https://bit.ly/2Shski6
Pilot and T&I Republican Leader, Rep. Sam Graves is the "go-to law maker on the formulation of aviation policy. Along with advocating for pilots, Graves touts the general aviation industry for employing 1.1 million workers and contributing $219 billion to the american economy each year." WATCH 📺↓
Time and money are two of the most valuable things in life. A lack of investment in our nation’s #infrastructure is costing Americans both. Congress must come together to find common ground & address the actual gridlock on our roads, at our airports, and throughout our entire network. #InfrastructureWeek
This #InfrastructureWeek we need to focus on tackling the actual gridlock that Americans face in their daily lives – on the roads, at airports and across the infrastructure network. It is Congress’ Constitutional obligation to do so and we need LONG-TERM infrastructure solutions.
The #GreenNewDeal could cost us 93 trillion dollars and 11 million aviation jobs alone. Oh, and by the way, there is no way to pay for it...
Green New Deal: "What In The Heck Is This?"
Our infrastructure is the backbone of our economy. In this video, Chairman Shuster welcomes luminaries from the past who were instrumental in championing infrastructure investment. Watch Adam Smith, President Lincoln, President Eisenhower and President Reagan explain in their own words why investments in infrastructure were just as important in their time, as they are today.
The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) is critical legislation that authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake infrastructure improvements to America's ports, locks, dams, inland waterways, and flood protection systems.
When was the #BrooklynBridge completed? Was it in 1870? 1890? Maybe 1903? What about 1883? Watch the video to see if you picked the right answer! #Infrastructure #Quiz #Friday
How much do you know about America's infrastructure? Take our infrastructure #quiz to find out. Here's the first question in a new series - starting with the #BrooklynBridge. When was the bridge completed? Choose your answer and find out on Friday.
America's ports are the doors of opportunity for America's economy.
The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) authorizes critical improvements to our water resources infrastructure. Learn why that is so important to America.
The Water Resources Development Act of 2018 has been introduced as H.R. 8. Learn more at www.transportation.house.gov/wrda-2018
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and safe travels! #transport #transportation #Christmas
The Disaster Recovery Reform Act was unanimously approved by the Committee yesterday. We look forward to seeing this bipartisan, proactive, smart-gov’t bill on the House floor. Here's a recap of some of yesterday's support for the bill from both sides of the aisle. #DRRA #FEMA #Preparedness
What is the Disaster Recovery Reform Act? Congressman Garret Graves explains in a new video. #FEMA #Preparedness
Thursday, Nov 2nd @ 10am the Committee will take a look at the central takeaways from the 2017 #hurricane season. http://goo.gl/XAqDN3
Will the the 21st Century AIRR Act benefit the traveling public? The answer is yes & Rep. Rodney Davis explains why. #aviation #reform #21AIRRact
Rep. Rodney Davis talks about how the 21st Century AIRR Act is good for general #aviation (GA). #reform #21AIRRact
The #21AIRRact is good for rural America. Rep. Rodney Davis explains why. #aviation #reform
ICYMI: Congressman John Faso's 1-minute House Floor speech on the 21st Century AIRR Act. #aviation #reform #21AIRRact
Did you know we are still using WWII-era air traffic control (ATC) technology? Rep. Rodney Davis discusses the need for modernization. #21AIRRact #aviation #reform
#HurricaneIrma is a category 4 with 150mph winds - expected to make landfall Sunday morning. Please be safe and prepare using these @RedCross preparedness tips → http://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/hurricane#About
Watch Congressman John Katko explain the importance of #water infrastructure for a 21st century American #economy. #building21
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