Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Steve Israel (R-NY) and Frank Pallone (D-NY) recently requested a meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to discuss protecting U.S.airlines and their workers from unfair competition coming from government-subsidized Persian Gulf carriers.
U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) have teamed up to introduce legislation to authorize appropriations for the University Transportation Centers (UTC) program for fiscal years 2016 through 2021.
National Science Foundation charged with awarding STEM education grants with signing of new law.
U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) and Mike Quigley (D-Dist. 5) joined leaders of the passenger- and freight-rail industry recently in urging Congress to take immediate action to extend the upcoming deadline for implementing positive train control (PTC) safety technology and prevent a shutdown of the nation’s passenger- and freight-rail systems.
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) said on Monday that the final step has been implemented to protect the 78-acre Lucas-Berg Preserve in Worth from being used as a dumping site by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for materials dredged from the Cal-Sag Channel.
After the U.S. House recently voted to approve reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) released a statement to praise his colleagues for cooperating in a bipartisan manner to pass the measure.The bill has been sent to the Senate for further consideration.
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) and his staff will be busy during the next few weeks, hosting a Veterans Fair, a town hall meeting and two Senior Fairs in the Third Congressional District.
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) teamed up recently to strengthen and preserve several Buy America provisions in the recently passed six-year surface-transportation reauthorization bill, which must go through the conference-committee process to reconcile House and Senate versions.
With the help of U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) and a bipartisan team of legislators, the long-term federal road and transportation funding bill, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, recently became law.