WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) will convene the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security tomorrow morning, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. EST. The hearing is entitled “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Performance, not Prescription.”

The committee will examine opportunities and challenges with regard to performance-based regulations in transportation policy, focusing on commercial vehicles, hazardous materials, and pipeline safety. This is the subcommittee’s second hearing on the reauthorization of highway safety programs. 

The hearing will be streamed live and available on the Senate Commerce Committee’s website, which you can view by clicking here. Details on the hearing are provided below:

HEARING:

Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security hearing entitled “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Performance, not Prescription.”

DATE:

TOMORROW – Tuesday, March 24, 2015
10:00 a.m. EST in room SR-253

WITNESSES:

The Honorable Peter Rogoff
Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation

Mr. David Nichols
Director, Missouri Department of Transportation, and Acting Chair, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Standing Committee on Performance Management

Dr. John Graham
Dean, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and former Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Executive Office of the President

Dr. Peter Sweatman
Director, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute