Vitter Announces $1.1M for Boosting Railway Safety in Baton Rouge
Vitter: One Step Closer to Updating Nation’s Crumbling Transportation Infrastructure
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, was one of the leaders in developing the Senate version of the bipartisan highway reauthorization bill, and both bills are expected to go to conference in the coming weeks before going to the President to be signed into law.
Read MoreVitter Announces $3M in Statewide Airport Investment Grants
(New Orleans, La.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today announced that eight Louisiana airports will be receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) totaling $3,056,681 for infrastructure updates.
Read MoreVitter Announces Passage of Bipartisan DRIVE Act, the First Long-Term Highway Bill in a Decade
( U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today made the following statement following the Senate’s passage of the bipartisan six-year highway reauthorization bill, entitled the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE Act).
Read MoreVitter Discusses Traffic, Highway Bill with NBC33 in Baton Rouge
Vitter, Senators Renew Efforts to Promote Fairness and Competition in Railroad Industry
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) has joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to remove the railroad industry’s obsolete exemption from antitrust laws, which will promote fairness and competition in the railroad industry.
Read MoreVitter, Inhofe, Boxer, Carper Introduce Long-Term Highway Reauthorization Bill
( U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works’ (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today introduced a bipartisan six-year highway reauthorization bill, entitled the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE Act), along with Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), EPW Chairman; Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), EPW Ranking Member, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior member of the EPW Committee.
Read MoreVitter Announces Progress for West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Flood Protection Project
( U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today announced that the Army Corps of Engineers has signed its Chief’s Report for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project, bringing it one step closer to construction.
Read MoreVitter, Senators Push for Harbor Maintenance Funding at WRRDA Levels
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, led 18 Senators in a bipartisan letter urging the Senate Appropriations Committee leadership to set the funding levels for harbor maintenance at the levels authorized in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which Vitter passed and had signed into law last year.
Read MoreVitter Named “Port Person of the Year” for 2015
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is receiving the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) 2015 “Port Person of the Year” award. AAPA recognized Vitter for his work passing the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, securing funding for America’s ports and waterways, and positively affecting water resources policy changes.
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