WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, today issued the following statement about the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, & Reauthorization (21st Century AIRR) Act, introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives. “We’ve needed to modernize our air traffic systems in this country for far too long. The 21st Century AIRR Act will increase efficiency ...
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WASHINGTON – On Monday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a rule that waives commercial driver's license knowledge test requirements for veterans who operated commercial motor vehicles during their time serving in the military. The “Military Licensing and State Commercial Driver's License Reciprocity” rule has been proposed in response to a bill authored by Rep. Denham – the “Veteran Skills to Jobs Act,” which was signed into law July 23, 2012 – directing federal departmen...
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WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Representative Jeff Denham yesterday joined Fox Business After the Bell’s David Asman to discuss President Trump’s infrastructure plan and how to pay for it. Click here to view the full interview. Interview excerpts: “It’s true, California has its challenges. But when we’re talking about user pays, we’ve had a water shortage forever. And building new reservoirs – as a farmer, as a water user – we’re gonna pay for that water. Let’s build the infrastructure...
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With all the media focus on Russian investigations, tax reform, attempts to repeal and replace ObamaCare and President's Trump bold budget, it would be easy to overlook the impressive progress being made on the unglamorous but crucial area of liberating the U.S. economy from suffocating regulations – another form of taxation. ... Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., recently asked the right question in a hearing on improving our infrastructure: “Can performance-based regulations be more effective than co...
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[VIDEO] Rep. Denham gives an interview on infrastructure, including water storage and looking forward to a bipartisan infrastructure package. Watch here
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NPR Morning Edition June 7, 20175:20 AM ET President Trump on Wednesday is giving a speech on infrastructure in Cincinnati. Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Jeff Denham of California, who's on the House Infrastructure Committee. Listen here
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, today issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement of principles to modernize air traffic control: “President Trump’s principles to modernize America’s air traffic control would result in increased safety, fewer delays and reduced air emissions. It’s time we move toward 21st Century GPS tec...
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Health care and tax reform legislation are on ice, Congress faces a time crunch to prepare a budget and avoid a debt crisis this summer, and the White House is under pressure from the Russia investigations. But President Donald Trump is trying to turn D.C.’s focus this week to two other mammoth pitches — privatizing air traffic control and promoting his $1 trillion infrastructure plan. ... But lawmakers haven’t made much progress in trying to turn those infrastructure ideas into legislation — an...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) has issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation releasing a $647 million federal grant arranged under the previous administration to the Caltrain Electrification Project. The grant requires a state match that officials have indicated will come from Proposition 1A approved by voters for California’s High Speed Rail project. “This is yet another bait and switch to deceive state taxpayers and take imagi...
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