News List

  • Castle wants federal funds to relieve traffic congestion (The News Journal)
    Oct 6, 2009  - More federal money and attention should go toward easing traffic congestion at the nation's major chokepoints, including along I-95 in Delaware, the state's congressman said Monday. Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., used a summit of regional transportation leaders in Wilmington to draw attention to his p... More
  • CASTLE BRINGS TOGETHER TRANSPORTATION AND BUSINESS LEADERS FROM NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
    Oct 5, 2009  - Today, Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, co-chair of the Congressional Passenger Rail Caucus, served as the honorary host of the Business Alliance for Northeast Mobility's summit on transportation.  The gathering brought together business, civic and government leaders to focus on ways to best p... More
  • REP. CASTLE SUPPORTS ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
    Sep 16, 2009  - Today, Congressman Mike Castle (R-DE) voted in favor of H.R. 3246, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act, which authorizes a vehicle technology research and development program to study and find new technologies—like hybrid, electric, hydrogen fuel cells, batteries, and engine efficiency, among others... More
  • Cash for Clunkers - Update
    Aug 25, 2009  - The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) came to a close yesterday, Monday, August 24. For those worried that their rebate application will not be honored, Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Monday that, despite problems with the CARS website, all purchases made prior to t... More
  • House OKs more Cash for Clunkers (The News Journal)
    Aug 1, 2009  - For Kevin Kane, the federal government's Cash for Clunkers program was a deal he couldn't pass up. On July 24, the first official day of the program, the Wilmington native traded in his 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee for a brand-new Nissan Altima. In exchange, he got $4,500 off the price of the Altima,... More
  • CASTLE SEEKS EQUITY FOR NE CORRIDOR
    Jul 23, 2009  - Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE) lead 50 other House Members from the Northeast Corridor, in writing to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to request that he either (1) designate the Northeast Corridor as an official high-speed rail corridor, or (2) work with Congress to change the law s... More
  • Del. qualifies for tax credit on new vehicle buys (The News Journal)
    Jun 12, 2009  - Delawareans won't miss out on a tax deduction for the purchase of new vehicles this year just because the state doesn't have a sales tax. The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced that purchases made in states without a sales tax -- such as Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Montana, ... More
  • LaHood Pick for Transportation Has Stakeholders Buzzing (Congressional Quarterly)
    Dec 17, 2008  - By Colby Itkowitz and Kathryn A. Wolfe, CQ Staff Transportation stakeholders were caught off guard Wednesday by news that retiring Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois, a centrist Republican who held a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 1990s, will be the nex... More
  • Statement of Congressman Michael N. Castle on the Nomination of Ray LaHood as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
    Dec 17, 2008  -  "I have worked closely with Ray LaHood for many years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a pragmatist who places politics on the back burner in order to get things done. Ray will be an asset to the incoming administration with his ability to work on the issues that matter. Transpo... More
  • High-speed train not arriving soon (The News Journal)
    Dec 15, 2008  - By MIKE CHALMERS Wanted: good ideas about how to build a high-speed train line between New York City and Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., joined other federal officials and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday to take one of the first steps toward building such a ... More