WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), subcommittee chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, will hold an oversight hearing on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, entitled “Surface Transportation Reauthorization - Oversight and Reform of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.”

This hearing will be the first in a series of hearings that examine the reauthorization of highway safety programs. The hearing will specifically focus on truck safety programs and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations.

• Mr. Scott Darling, III, Acting Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
• Mr. Joseph W. Comé, Deputy Principal Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Evaluation, Office of the Inspector General
• Ms. Susan Fleming, Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• The Honorable Christopher Hart, Acting Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board

Hearing Details:

Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security hearing entitled “Surface Transportation Reauthorization - Oversight and Reform of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration” 

This hearing will take place in Senate Russell Office Building, Room 253. Witness testimony, opening statements, and a live video of the hearing will be available at http://1.usa.gov/1wf6QzH.