August 08, 2022
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing their support for transportation stakeholders to have authority to operate Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V… Continue Reading
August 05, 2022
Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Majority sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda D. Young urging the administration to complete its final rule on flight attendant duty period limitations and rest requirements, called for in the 2018 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act.
"Almost four years after bipartisan passage of the [FAA reauthorization] law, the final rule is still not complete," the members said. "This s… Continue Reading
August 03, 2022
The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced earlier today by Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture David Scott (D-GA), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Jim Costa (D-CA), has gained support from captured freight rail customers who stand to benefit from provis… Continue Reading
February 03, 2022
By Chairs DeFazio and Larsen
The rollout of our country's 5G wireless network has been marked by delays, dysfunction and denial.
It didn't have to be this way! In 2019, aviation stakeholders, policymakers like us and safety advocates loudly warned it would be a grave mistake to turn on 5G without first ensuring that interference from these powerful networks wouldn't adversely impact aviation safety.
Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission ignored and even mocked these concern… Continue Reading
November 23, 2021
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July 21, 2021
In a commentary published in Fortune earlier this month, Ike Brannon and Michael F. Gorman took great liberties in trying to debunk my concerns with precision scheduled railroading (PSR). Please allow me to set the record straight.
I have served on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for 34 years, crafting public policy through seven different presidential administrations, both Democratic and Republican. Freight transportation is critical to our economy. The ability to… Continue Reading
