Washington, D.C.—A key House committee approved a bipartisan bill its sponsors say will unlock billions of tax dollars in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and invest in the… Read More
Peter DeFazio
On April 30, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House T&I) Peter DeFazio (OR-04), introduced H.R. 440 the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act,… Read More
President Trump signed an executive order targeting efforts by states to use a key section of the Clean Water Act to delay major energy infrastructure development, and Sen. John… Read More
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Karl Schultz warned the service is approaching a tipping point on readiness at the same time its members are doing more in increasingly complex… Read More
Washington, D.C.—With the threat of a government shutdown gone, the big question for many focused on where President Donald Trump will get the billions Congress denied him to build… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump once again used his annual State of the Union address to express his eagerness to work with Congress on delivering a major infrastructure investment package,… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced several actions to mitigate the impact on mariners of the partial government shutdown. Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) (National Endorsements only)… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump told acting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler that he “is going to be made permanent.” “He’s done a fantastic job, and I… Read More
On Tuesday, October 23, President Trump signed into law the “America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018” (S.3021). Title I of the act included the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)… Read More
The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018, included as title I of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021), was signed into law on October 23. The new… Read More
