October 13, 2011 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Associated Press, October 12, 2011) WASHINGTON — Congress has approved free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama in quick succession on Wednesday. Critics of the free trade agreements said it showed how Congress was out of touch with Main...
July 7, 2011 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Journal of Commerce, July 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives from both sides of the fence blasted a proposed transportation spending plan by Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), who serves as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee....
July 6, 2011 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: American Public Transportation Association press release, July 1, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-FL) announced tentative plans to unveil details on his proposal for a six-year surface transportation...
June 21, 2011 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 20, 2011.) On Friday, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) announced that U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) had joined the committee. The body’s full...
May 6, 2011 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 5, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional staff on the House Transportation and Infrastructure is making progress drafting legislative language of what could become the panel’s six-year surface...
March 4, 2011 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 4, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 14-1 to approve the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, the latest effort by Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., to strip rail firms of a limited...
March 3, 2011 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Legislation
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 3, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will begin late this month to write its next six-year surface transportation legislation, said Chairman John Mica,...
February 4, 2011 | Headlines, Legislation
Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is keeping his word to go on the road to collect ideas for a new multiyear transportation bill, while at the same time educating new House members on transportation issues....
August 11, 2010 | Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Jim Abrams on August 11, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Summoned back from summer break, the House on Tuesday pushed through an emergency $26 billion jobs bill that Democrats said would save 300,000 teachers, police...
August 3, 2010 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by William B. Cassidy appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 2, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill introduced in the House last week matches Senate legislation calling for a national freight transportation policy at the Department of...
