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EPA Releases Interim Efficacy Guidance and Test Methods for Disinfection of Soft Surfaces

EPA Releases Interim Efficacy Guidance and Test Methods for Disinfection of Soft Surfaces


EPA Publishes IRIS Handbook and Final IRIS Assessment of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) and Related Salts

EPA Publishes IRIS Handbook and Final IRIS Assessment of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) and Related Salts


Koloa Zipline and Kauai ATV to Pay $45k to Resolve Safe Drinking Water Act Violation Claim


EPA Awards Research Funding to 25 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

EPA Awards Research Funding to 25 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies


White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Requests Information on the Regulation of Biotechnology

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Requests Information on the Regulation of Biotechnology


EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations

EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations


EPA proposes consent order on safe closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

EPA proposes consent order on safe closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility


EPA Awards Research Funding to 25 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

EPA Awards Research Funding to 25 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies


Chairman Scott Statement on House Passage of Government Funding Bill

Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus spending bill.


In the 117th Congress, Committee Democrats Conducted Robust Oversight on Behalf of Students, Workers, Families

House Committee on Education and Labor released a report highlighting the Committee’s oversight work to ensure that the federal government properly implements laws and delivers for the nation’s students, workers, and families.


Scott Statement After Elected by Colleagues to Serve as Ranking Member of Education and Labor Committee in the 118th Congress

Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after he was elected by the House Democratic Caucus to serve as the next Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor.


Scott Statement on Child Nutrition Provisions in the Omnibus Government Funding Legislation

Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the release of omnibus government funding legislation for Fiscal Year 2023


Foxx Asks HHS, Hospitals About Denying Parents Involvement in Medical Decisions for Their Children

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and multiple hospitals offering gender-transition interventions to children about policies that deny parents the opportunity to be involved in life-altering medical decisions impacting their children.


Foxx Calls Out Colleges for Misleading Students about Cost of College

Today, on the House floor, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) blasted postsecondary institutions for giving students misleading and false information about the cost of college.


Foxx on AEI’s Podcast Talks Biden Bailout and GOP Solutions

President Biden promised free college on the campaign trail. Unable to secure Congressional approval to enact his radical agenda, the Biden administration is unilaterally dismantling the federal student loan system.


SECURE 2.0 Championed by Foxx Secures Better Future for Retirement Savers

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the release of SECURE 2.0, landmark bipartisan and bicameral retirement legislation Foxx championed:


Senator Murray on Senate Passing the PUMP Act: “A Big and Long Overdue Win for Working Moms”

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act in a 92-5 amendment vote to add the legislation to the 2023 government funding bill, which passed the Senate today.


Senator Murray Applauds Passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) as part of the year-end funding package.


Senator Murray Delivers on Key FDA Reforms to Put Patients and Families First

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of key Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reforms she negotiated this year and pushed to pass as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill.