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June 24, 2020
widespread concerns that the use of Ligado will cause harmful interference to GPS essential to critical safety and security operations Last month Cantwell joined 31 of her colleagues in a bipartisan letter to...auction of C Band spectrum are invested to bridge the digital divide and enable next generation public safety services and in February Cantwell introduced legislation to accelerate the deployment of broadband...
June 17, 2020
Search Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Hearings Home Hearings Print Examining the Federal Aviation Administration s Oversight of Aircraft Certification June 17 2020 10 00 AM Dirksen Senate Office...Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation will convene a hearing titled Examining the Federal Aviation Administration s Oversight of Aircraft Certification at 10 00 a m on Wednesday June 17 2020 The...transport category aircraft Witness Panel 1 The Honorable Stephen Dickson Administrator Federal Aviation Administration Witness Panel 2 Mr Michael Stumo Father of Samya Rose Stumo Victim of Ethiopian Airlines...
June 17, 2020
Administrator make reforms to improve safety Cantwell Safety is job one WASHINGTON D C One day after introducing bipartisan legislation to reform and strengthen Federal Aviation Administration FAA oversight of...Science and Transportation demanded FAA Administrator Steve Dickson take needed steps to prioritize safety at the FAA In her remarks Cantwell stressed the need for reforms and criticized the FAA for failing...agency regarding the MAX accidents Safety is job one It s job one in a critical sector that employs 2 5 million people 150 000 in the state of Washington but safety is job one because it involves so many...
June 17, 2020
Science and Transportation received information from a whistleblower alleging misconduct by Federal Aviation Administration FAA managers at the Flight Standards District Office FSDO in Honolulu Hawai i This...information received by the committee about these accidents is concerning the committee does not conduct aviation accident investigations or determine cause The committee s oversight investigation is focused on...regulations and thereby ensuring the safest aviation system possible Dozens of FAA whistleblowers contend that it is not The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB is responsible for conducting accident...
June 17, 2020
Releases Print Cantwell Moran Klobuchar and Capito Introduce Legislation to Enhance Aviation Safety Through FAA and Global Aviation Partnerships Legislation would increase funding for FAA international technical...week to authorize the Federal Aviation Administration FAA to work with other countries to strengthen pilot training standards and enable the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO to further enhance...enhance worldwide aviation safety and training standards The Foreign Civil Aviation Authority Assistance Act of 2020 authorizes 10 million a year for Fiscal Years 2021 2026 for the FAA to provide technical...
June 16, 2020
presidential nominations to the Department of Transportation Department of Commerce Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Communications Commission Click here for additional information on nominees...Communications Commission Nancy B Beck of New York to be a Commissioner and Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Michael J Walsh Jr of Virginia to be General Counsel of the U S Department of Commerce...Commission Nancy Beck who has been nominated to be a Commissioner and Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Michael Walsh nominated to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce and Mary Toman...
June 10, 2020
YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Committee Announces Third Aviation Safety Hearing June 10 2020 WASHINGTON U S Sen Roger Wicker R Miss chairman of the Senate Committee...Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation will convene a hearing titled Examining the Federal Aviation Administration s Oversight of Aircraft Certification at 10 00 a m on Wednesday June 17 2020 The hearing...transport category aircraft Witness Panel 1 The Honorable Stephen Dickson Administrator Federal Aviation Administration Witness Panel 2 Mr Michael Stumo Father of Samya Rose Stumo Victim of Ethiopian Airlines...
June 3, 2020
Committee has conducted several oversight hearings on COVID 19 including a comprehensive look at the aviation industry We are continuing those discussions by considering the impact of COVID 19 virus on surface...and regulatory relief The CARES Act provided help to Amtrak aviation and transit We included language to give states flexibility on highway safety grants and two weeks ago the Committee passed legislation...Duckworth that would give states flexibility on their use of federal funds for commercial motor vehicle safety activities Today s hearing provides an opportunity for witnesses to discuss how COVID 19 has affected...
May 20, 2020
Modernization Act of 2020 Sponsors Sens Roger Wicker R Miss Maria Cantwell D Wash S 3729 Motor Carrier Safety Grant Relief Act of 2020 Sponsors Sens Roger Wicker R Miss Maria Cantwell D Wash John Thune R S D...previous year To address these challenges states are facing we will vote to advance the Motor Carrier Safety Grant Relief Act to provide additional flexibility in how states may spend certain grant funds This...
May 20, 2020
Modernization Act of 2020 Sponsors Sens Roger Wicker R Miss Maria Cantwell D Wash 7 S 3729 Motor Carrier Safety Grant Relief Act of 2020 Sponsors Sens Roger Wicker R Miss Maria Cantwell D Wash John Thune R S D...
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