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Vice President Al Gore, Chair of the Aviation Safety and Security Commission, delivered the commission’s final report to President Bill Clinton. The report contained several recommendations …

Members of Congress and the administration and state and local officials celebrated the fifth anniversary of signing of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. The bill shifte…

In the third open meeting of the commission, air traffic controllers, pilots and representatives of several airlines and aviation industry groups testified about airline safety. The focus wa…

The first meeting of the Aviation Safety and Security Commission, an 18-member, presidentially-appointed board which was formed after the ValuJet and TWA crashes, was held. The commission, w…

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena, and U.S. and British airport authorities testified before the Senate Transportation Committee about the necessity of heightened airport security.

The Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony from Transportation Secretary Federico Pena and Federal Aviation Administrator David Hinson. They were asked about the FAA safety inspecti…

Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena spoke at a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the Federal Transit Administration. He talked about the development of mass transit and future n…

Secretary Federico Pena talked with reporters about the Transportation Department budget. He took questions from the press.

Secretary Pena talked about transportation issues with the airlines and aerospace, that the U.S. economy was growing and federal-state relationships, cost cuts to the Department of Transport…

White House News Briefing with White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and United States Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña that announced new rules for trains leaving stations afte…

Secretary of Transportation, Federico Pena, gave an Air Traffic Safety briefing.

House Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing with Transportation Secretary Federico Pena about the Transportation department budget. The committee members heard testimony concerning the …

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena announced the opening of a consumer protection office for airline passengers called “Travelers First.” The office handles complaints about frequent fl…

Secretary Pena and Mr. Hinson talked to reporters about the results of a two day conference on airline safety, including such issues as ice detection equipment and better pilot training for …

Transportation Secretary Frederico Pena and other officials held a press briefing about a framework for a civil aviation agreement between the United States and Canada which would treat the …

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena discussed the Transportation Department downsizing, airline safety, calls for the privatization of the FAA, Amtrak, and other issues under his jurisdic…

President Clinton announced the first use of matching grant funds for transportation loan guarantees in the conversion of defense industries. The President stated that the $30 million grant …

Vice President Al Gore and Secretary Federico Pena briefed the press on the nation’s air traffic control system. Vice president Gore announced a proposal to set up a government-run corporati…

House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Surface Transportation hearing on the National Highway System (NHS) with Transportation Secretary Federico Peña and Rodney Slater from…

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena briefed the press on the Department of Transportation budget outlays in the proposed '95 federal budget. He discussed the increase in transportation sp…