By Press Release | Jan 6, 2022
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in coordination with the Department of Education, announced Jan. 4 it would give states the option of waiving the portion of the commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills test that requires school bus driver applicants to identify the “under the hood” engine components.
By Press Release | Jan 5, 2022
Robert Santos was sworn in today as the U.S. Census Bureau’s 26th director, becoming the first Latino person to serve in the role.
By Press Release | Jan 3, 2022
The brief argues that Congress did not give OSHA the authority to impose a vaccine mandate and urges SCOTUS to stay the mandate.
By Press Release | Dec 20, 2021
Last week the Department of the Interior released their top 5 accomplishments for 2021 via social media.
By Press Release | Dec 17, 2021
Today, the House of Representatives passed a pair of bills to provide certainty and transparency in cattle markets—H.R. 5609, the Cattle Contract Library Act introduced by Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Republican Leader Dusty Johnson, and H.R. 5290, a one-year extension for the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Act introduced by Chairman David Scott.
By Press Release | Dec 17, 2021
Today, four bipartisan bills drafted and moved out of the House Agriculture Committee, H.R. 5290; H.R. 5608; H.R. 5609; and H.R 4489, passed in the House of Representatives.
By Press Release | Dec 16, 2021
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Morgan Griffith (R-VA) wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an examination of management challenges and other issues at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) that have affected EM’s ability to reduce its environmental liabilities.
By Press Release | Dec 16, 2021
Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider several outdoor recreation bills, including a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee.
By Press Release | Dec 16, 2021
Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) calling on them to recommit to what the Supreme Court identified as the purpose of the Natural Gas Act: plentiful supplies at reasonable prices.
By Press Release | Dec 15, 2021
Republican committee members stand against Biden’s authoritarian OSHA vaccine mandate
By Press Release | Dec 13, 2021
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a list of 331 jurisdictions (counties and minor civil divisions) across the nation and three states that are required under the Voting Rights Act to provide language assistance during elections for citizens who are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA will make up to $800 million available to support biofuel producers and infrastructure.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
Today the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced new restrictions to address human rights abuses and corruption by Cambodian government actors, including the military, as well as the growing influence of the People’s Republic of China’s military in Cambodia.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced today registration is open for SelectUSA’s Annual Investment Summit, which will take place June 26-29, 2022, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold key staff positions.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a list of 331 jurisdictions (counties and minor civil divisions) across the nation and three states that are required under the Voting Rights Act to provide language assistance during elections for citizens who are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process.
By Press Release | Dec 3, 2021
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 210,000 in November, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
By Press Release | Dec 3, 2021
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) Senior Advisor William “Ike” White presented Pam Marks of the Savannah River Site (SRS) with the DOE’s Federal Project Director of the Year Award for 2020 during his visit to the site today.
By Press Release | Dec 1, 2021
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and collaborators confirmed the presence of a newly described Eriophyid mite, a potential biological control agent for the invasive tree-of-heaven, in France.
