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June 24, 2010
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation s Pipelines June 24 2010 WASHINGTON D C Over 2 5 million miles of pipeline transport...they were drilling a well but each incident underlines just how absolutely crucial it is to make safety a chief priority in industries that carry such inherent dangers like those where natural gas and...are involved It is enormously important that we continue to look for ways to further improve the safety of pipeline transportation For example at least two recent accidents were caused by third party excavation...
June 22, 2010
Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Senate Confirmation of Nominees to Key Science Transportation and Safety Posts June 22 2010 WASHINGTON D C Senator John D Jay Rockefeller IV Chairman of the U S Senate Committee...reported out of the Senate today will fill crucial posts in our government s transportation science and safety agencies Chairman Rockefeller said Given the uncommonly high caliber of these nominees I expect that...Weener to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board Dr Mark Rosekind to be a Member and Reappointed to the National Transportation Safety Board Mr David Matsuda to be Administrator of the Maritime...
June 17, 2010
WASHINGTON D C Air transportation is absolutely essential to our economy I have been working on aviation my entire career and I have seen just how important it is for our communities to be able to move...airline comparable to Delta after its merger with Northwest If this merger is approved our passenger aviation system will have one less global network carrier and I am not sure if this is good or bad but it...
June 10, 2010
passage of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 S S 588 a bill that will improve the safety and security of cruise ships passengers Serious safety and security breaches have occurred aboard...cruise ship vacation this year Their safety aboard these ships should be priority number one I am pleased the Senate has taken a critical step toward improving the safety and security of cruise ship passengers...passengers The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 will Require safety and security enhancements on cruise vessels to increase the safety of passengers Requirements include installing security video...
June 10, 2010
leaders at key agencies like the TSA This is one of the toughest positions in Washington because the safety and security of our citizens is our most solemn responsibility As I have said before the Commerce...leaders at key agencies like the TSA This is one of the toughest positions in Washington because the safety and security of our citizens is our most solemn responsibility As I have said before the Commerce...leaders at key agencies like the TSA This is one of the toughest positions in Washington because the safety and security of our citizens is our most solemn responsibility As I have said before the Commerce...
June 9, 2010
consider S 3302 the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 MVSA which will improve automobile safety standards protect drivers and bolster the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration s NHTSA resources...resources authority and expertise This is a critical public safety bill that will affect the lives of millions of Americans on the road every day I appreciate the support of all the cosponsors of the bill and in...
May 19, 2010
Remarks on S 3302 The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 May 19 2010 WASHINGTON D C On March 2nd the Commerce Committee held an extraordinary all day hearing on the serious safety defects found in Toyota vehicles...vehicles During the hearing it quickly became clear that we were also dealing with even larger safety issues that reached far beyond the individual cases of sudden acceleration that were the subject of recent...which almost every function in a car today is controlled by computers and electronics especially safety systems And yet we have no minimum standards for vehicle electronics including the electronic throttle...
May 18, 2010
brought fully to a halt Safety and responsibility are enormously important in every industry and when workers lives entire regional economies and vast fragile ecosystems are at stake safety must never ever come...
May 14, 2010
Senate passage of the National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010 S 2768 The bill reauthorizes funding for the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB through fiscal year 2012 and strengthens...National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010 include Clarifying the NTSB s jurisdiction to include investigations of incidents that raise significant safety issues but do not necessarily...authority to make such records available to the public if it is necessary to promote transportation safety Providing the NTSB with explicit authority to investigate accidents involving commercial space launch...
May 12, 2010
the years and decades ahead NASA s research in aeronautics helped create our global leadership in aviation we need its scientific minds to be solving today s and tomorrow s challenges in energy medical research...
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