This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation negotiated an arrangement with the Government of India (GoI) to allow U.S. carriers to resume passenger services in the U.S.-India market. The issuance of a DOT order on June 22nd imposing a prior approval requirement on Air India for its...
Washington, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of 20 representatives to the Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force (YIATF). The objective of YIATF is to encourage high school students to pursue in-demand careers in aviation. Dr. Sharon...
Washington, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of 20 representatives to the Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force (YIATF). The objective of YIATF is to encourage high school students to pursue in-demand careers in aviation. Dr. Sharon...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced it has saved $90 billion in regulatory costs to the economy and consumers under the Trump Administration’s leadership. Since 2017, DOT has achieved increasing cost savings every year and has already surpassed its Fiscal...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau provided a $851.15 million loan under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación (Volaris) $70,000 for violating a federal statute and the Department’s rule prohibiting long tarmac delays. The airline was also ordered to cease and desist from future similar...
Twenty U.S. small businesses in 14 states will receive more than $3 million to research and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced this month that twenty (20) U...
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao
Naturalization Ceremony
South Court Auditorium, The White House Complex
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Welcome to the White House! What a treat it is to be...