WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department) today announced that it is publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require airlines to refund fees for checked bags that are significantly delayed and for ancillary services, such as advance seat selection and...
Washington, DC- As part of the Administration’s ongoing work addressing supply chain disruption, today, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) hosted a roundtable to...
Today, June 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an order proposing to prohibit the sale of passenger air transportation, including air transportation on an interline basis (e.g. tickets booked through one airline that contain flights operated by multiple airlines), between the...
Thank you Leader Schumer, and I will always answer to the name of Mayor. Once a mayor, always a mayor. And I want to thank you for your leadership, Senator Gillibrand, for everything you’ve done on this and so many other issues.
And they're right: they encouraged me before I even...
Thank you everybody for joining us. I want to thank Leader Schumer for his advocacy and his leadership on this issue, and so many important issues. I want to thank Senator Booker for his friendship, and each of the members of the House delegations from both sides of the river, have been working...
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Commencement
June 19, 2021
Thank you, Superintendent Buono.
To the families, friends, instructors...