2024-09-19
A nameplate reading 'MS. CANTWELL CHAIR' is visible in the foreground, identifying the speaker as Senator Maria Cantwell serving as committee chair. She is seated at a dais speaking into a microphone during what appears to be a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
2024-09-18
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Aviation Cybersecurity Threats” on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 10:00 AM EDT. This hearing will examine cybersecurity threats faced by airports and airlines, impacts and disruptions to passengers, along with how the nation’s aviation
2024-04-29
The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, a bipartisan bill announced on April 29, 2024, authorizes more than $105 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration through 2028 to strengthen aviation safety, modernize airports, and protect consumers. Key provisions include mandating 25-hour cockpit voice recorders, reducing runway close calls through new tracking technology, and enhancing aircraft certification oversight. The legislation also sets new consumer rights, including guaranteed refunds for flights cancelled or delayed more than three hours.
Like many agencies of the Federal Government, the law giving life to the FAA needs to be reauthorized periodically. The last bill was in 2018 and the current version will be passed this year. A reauthorization bill is something of a misnomer. The first page reauthorizes the agency; the remaining hundreds and hundreds of pages
2023-04-10
This April 2023 memo from the Port of Seattle outlines the agenda and goals for the first-ever StART DC Fly-in, a trip in which Port and local city officials traveled to Washington, DC to advocate for federal policies addressing aircraft noise and emissions near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The delegation met with members of Congress, including Senator Maria Cantwell and several House Representatives, to push for legislation such as the Sound Insulation Treatment Repair and Replacement Program Act and the Aviation Noise and Emissions Mitigation Act. Key priorities included expanding eligibility for home sound insulation funding, involving the EPA in noise mitigation efforts, and establishing a formal Aircraft Noise Advisory Committee with a clear timeline for policy action.
2019-06-25
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, on Tuesday (June 25) announced that $9.1 million in federal funding was awarded to support noise mitigation projects at schools in Highline Public Schools. These funds will
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