U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved several measures including its recommendation for complying with the budget reconciliation, a bill to provide emergency authority to the General Services Administration in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and legislation to reauthorize the Long Island Sound program and programs to improve coastal water quality.

The Committee also approved the appointment of U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment… (more…)