The Shipbuilders Council of America has honored Peter DeFazio (R-Ore.), Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, as a 2019 recipient of its Maritime Leadership Award, recognizing him as “an exemplary
Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) has introduced H.R. 440, the “Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act,” which would unlock billions in already-collected
The bipartisan leaders of two key House panels have written Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas expressing their concern over his approvals of recent Jones Act waivers. The letter, which concludes with
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review what they call “significant delivery delays”
A report released by the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Department of Transportation says that Trump Administration Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao used her office staff on a number of occasions
Federal Maritime Commissioners (FMC) Carl W. Bentzel and Daniel B. Maffei have written President Biden urging that the U.S. maritime workforce be prioritized for vaccinations against COVID-19 and, in the interim, be
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao will reportedly resign Monday in the wake of yesterday’s events in which a mob of Trump supporters overran the Capitol. The Hill newspaper quotes a letter from
Two Federal Maritime Commissioners, Carl Bentzel and Daniel Maffei, are urging that rapid COVID-19 testing be made available as soon as possible to the essential U.S. maritime labor force, whose members should
Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.Congr) sent a letter to
H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for FY2021, was passed by the House yesterday by a vote of 295 to 125. Like many complex pieces of legislation,
