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Dec 6, 2019
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after Uber released its first-ever safety report, which detailed 3,000 reports of sexual assaults on U.S. rides in 2018 alone.
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Nov 21, 2019
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Washington, D.C. —Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), expressing his concerns with the Corps’ review of the Clean Water Act Permit for the development of an open pit mine to be constructed in the Bristol Bay watershed, Alaska.
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Nov 21, 2019
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Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Corvallis Municipal Airport received a $2.15 million Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The grant is made possible by funding approved by Congress.
Nov 20, 2019
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Washington, DC—The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved several bills authored by Chair Rep. Peter DeFazio that will make transportation infrastructure safer for Americans. The legislation will next go before the full House of Representatives for consideration. Brief summaries of the bills approved today are below.
Nov 20, 2019
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Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) called on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General to audit the effectiveness of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of aeronautical repair stations.
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Nov 19, 2019
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Washington, D.C. — Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) held a hearing today to examine how the U.S.
Nov 18, 2019
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Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced H.R. 5139 the “Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act,” legislation to help track and prevent sexual assault and harassment from occurring in different modes of transportation.
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Nov 18, 2019
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Washington, DC – Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) officially requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a review of the operator of the Keystone Pipeline System as well as the federal agency that oversees it.
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Nov 18, 2019
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WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) today, announced he is an original cosponsor of The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, legislation that aims to retrofit, rehabilitate, and decarbonize the nation’s public housing stock.
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Nov 15, 2019
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Washington, D.C. – Today, the Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced The Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act, legislation that would strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of repair stations located outside the United States, particularly at a time when airlines are increasingly relying on outso
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