November 19, 2021
T&I Leaders to FCC Chairwoman: "…we appear no closer to resolving the serious concerns that the use of the C-band for 5G would create harmful interference with radio altimeters in civil and military airplanes and helicopters"
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing safety concerns with the t… Continue Reading
November 19, 2021
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) requested the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (OIG) conduct a review of the FAA's oversight of the manufacture and production of the Boeing 787.
The Members highlighted several concerns in their letter: "In October 2020, Boeing halted … Continue Reading
November 19, 2021
Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act:
"Just days after President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law-which will inject $550 billion in new funding into rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure-House Democrats are moving forward with enacting the rest of the Build Back Better economic age… Continue Reading
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
June 02, 2021
As chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, I have a responsibility to ensure that actions Congress and the federal government take regarding our transportation networks contribute to, and do not detract from, public safety. That's why I oppose the Federal Communications Commission's decision to repurpose more than half of the 5.9 GHz radio frequency band, also known as the Safety Band.
Since 1999, the 5.9 GHz band has been reserved for dedicated short-range communications t… Continue Reading
May 14, 2021
It's no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to tough times for transit agencies, riders, and workers. Not only have transit agencies nationwide seen a 65 percent drop in ridership; at the same time, many have incurred new costs associated with providing personal protective equipment, or PPE, to workers and passengers in order to keep their systems safe, and some temporarily stopped collecting fares altogether to encourage social distancing to save lives.
Despite these unprecedented challe… Continue Reading
