Tag: Senate Committee on Commerce

Senators Continue to Express Dismay Over Norfolk Southern CEO’s Answers About Ohio Toxic Train Derailment

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on March 22 offered his “full-throated endorsement” for “many provisions” in a bipartisan Senate bill to strengthen railroad safety regulations but he would not commit to promoting the legislation’s passage. Shaw’s testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was similar to the remarks he delivered at the Senate…


Senator: FAA Needs to ‘Get Its Act Together’

Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation are demanding answers about a recent FAA system failure that resulted in a halt of U.S. air traffic for the first time since 9/11. Acting FAA director Billy Nolen appeared before the committee on Feb. 15 to testify about the failure of the Notice to…


LIVE 10 AM ET: Senate Committee on Commerce Holds Hearing on FAA’s NOTAM System Failure

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation convenes a full committee hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 15 on The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) “System Failure and its Impacts on a Resilient National Airspace.” This hearing will review the causes and impacts of the NOTAM system outage and…


LIVE NOW: Senate Committee on Commerce Holds Hearing on FAA’s NOTAM System Failure

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation convenes a full committee hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 15 on The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) “System Failure and its Impacts on a Resilient National Airspace.” This hearing will review the causes and impacts of the NOTAM system outage and…


Senate Committee on Commerce Holds Hearing on FAA’s NOTAM System Failure

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation convenes a full committee hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 15 on The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) “System Failure and its Impacts on a Resilient National Airspace.” This hearing will review the causes and impacts of the NOTAM system outage and…