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April 16, 2013
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune Statement on Aviation Safety April 16 2013 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator John Thune R SD Ranking Member of the Senate Committee...following prepared remarks at today s Aviation Safety FAA s Progress on Key Safety Initiatives hearing Mr Chairman thank you for holding this important hearing Aviation safety has to be the FAA s top priority...hearing is a good opportunity to review the FAA s progress on a host of aviation safety issues including mandates from both the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010 and the FAA Modernization and Reform...
April 16, 2013
and Transportation hearing titled Aviation Safety FAA s Progress on Key Safety Initiatives Below are his prepared remarks Americans take the safety of their aviation system for granted And they should...should given that all too often air travel is a difficult experience safety is the last thing passengers need to worry about There are certain expectations built into modern air travel Airline passengers expect...regulators should never take the safety of the system for granted I know that none of us in this room do everyone here today is deeply committed to aviation safety Our strong aviation record did not happen overnight...
April 16, 2013
Terms Search Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Hearings Home Hearings Print Aviation Safety FAA s Progress on Key Safety Initiatives April 16 2013 02 30 PM Russell Senate Office Building 253 WASHINGTON...hearing titled Aviation Safety FAA s Progress on Key Safety Initiatives on April 16 2013 at 2 30 p m This hearing will examine the consequences of sequestration on the Federal Aviation Administration FAA...FAA the agency s efforts to implement safety provisions in recent FAA reauthorizations and the status of the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board s ongoing investigation of the Boeing 787 The U...
April 12, 2013
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Rockefeller Thune Urge FAA to Address Safety in Control Tower Closures April 12 2013 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV D W Va...close air traffic control towers across the country The bipartisan letter was also signed by Senate Aviation Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell D Wash and Ranking Member Kelly Ayotte R N H as well as Representatives...D W Va and Frank LoBiondo R N J In the letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration FAA Administrator Michael Huerta the group said We are profoundly disappointed with...
April 5, 2013
Jay Rockefeller IV today called on federal regulators to quickly and efficiently implement pipeline safety reforms in the wake of a rupture in ExxonMobil s Pegasus pipeline that spilled thousands of barrels...oversight of our nation s pipelines and I m closely watching implementation of the 2012 pipeline safety law Whether they carry oil or like the pipeline that ruptured in my state of West Virginia they transport...Sissonville WV Chairman Debbie Hersman National Transportation Safety Board NTSB and Administrator Cynthia Quarterman Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PHMSA were among those testifying He cosponsored...
March 22, 2013
potential impact on aviation safety due to the Administration s choice to close 149 contract towers around the country Specifically Thune and Shuster requested information regarding the safety analysis done...done to ensure closing each tower as well as so many towers at the same time does not compromise safety as well as a detailed justification and explanation for how the FAA determined each contract tower would...on aviation safety On February 24 2013 in an interview on Meet the Press you promised the American people One thing we never compromise on is safety We will never take a back seat to safety Safety will...
March 14, 2013
Newsroom Press Releases Print Rockefeller Baffled by Carnival Cruise s Seeming Failure to Address Safety Issues March 14 2013 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV today sent a letter to Micky...Corporation owned cruise ships can be found here Just today we ve been reminded of Carnival s dismal safety record with reports that the Carnival Dream is experiencing problems The ship is stranded in a Caribbean...his concerns regarding the Carnival Triumph incident The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board have already launched an investigation into the cause of the engine room fire which led to...
March 12, 2013
come together to address pressing needs First the construction of a nationwide interoperable public safety network that our first responders are owed Second we must make sure every child in this country is...completed the public safety network will save lives This is an area where the government and the private sector must continue to work collaboratively to solve the most important public safety issue we face Just...Just as we are future proofing our public safety communications network we must future proof our efforts to make sure every child in America has access to cutting edge technology As part of the Telecommunications...
March 7, 2013
profit on their investment private companies built our railroads our wireline telephone network our aviation system our pipelines and many other physical assets that have fueled our country s phenomenal economic...
March 7, 2013
wrote today to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood questioning if the Department and the Federal Aviation Administration FAA has explored all cost saving options to comply with the sequester before taking...for sequestration That letter went unanswered similar to previous requests In hearings of both the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 27 and the...
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