WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following written testimony by Major Gen. William H. "Butch" Graham, deputy commanding general at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, from a hearing dated May 15, 2024, entitled "Reviewing and Examining the Francis Scott Key Bridge Federal Response": * * * Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today to discuss th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following testimony by Shailen Bhatt, administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, from a hearing dated May 15, 2024, entitled "Reviewing and Examining the Francis Scott Key Bridge Federal Response": * * * Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. The collapse of the Francis Scot more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following testimony by Adm. Peter Gautier, deputy commandant for operations at the U.S. Coast Guard, from a hearing dated May 15, 2024, entitled "Reviewing and Examining the Francis Scott Key Bridge Federal Response": * * * Good morning, Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, and distinguished members of the committee. I am grateful for the opportunity to testify before this committee regarding a unified  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following opening remarks from a hearing dated May 15, 2024, entitled "Reviewing and Examining the Francis Scott Key Bridge Federal Response": * * * We are here today to discuss the initial federal response to the March 26, 2024, early morning incident involving the cargo vessel Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, that resulted in the subs more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 7, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the Senate passage of his resolution urging the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Moscow more than a year ago. "Evan's reporting informed Russians and people around the world abou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: This milestone follows the commitment, secured by Senator Van Hollen in December, from the White House to support Maryland's offshore wind energy development. Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made the following statement on the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of Maryland outlining plans for the federal government and the S more PR