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Court orders plastering company to pay more than $700K in back wages, damages to 470 employees, after Department of Labor investigation

News Release: GLENDALE, AZ - The U.S. Department of Labor is currently distributing more than $700,000 in back wages and damages to 470 employees, recovered from a Glendale plastering company following an investigation and lawsuit related to the employer’s pay practices.

ICYMI: E&C Republicans Advance Solutions to Unleash American Energy

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are leading on solutions to reverse the damage of President Biden’s war on American energy from day one to shut down our energy production and make us reliant on China. Last week, the committee advanced 16 bills to the full committee that will help unleash...

Secretary Granholm CERAWeek Luncheon & Keynote Address

Release: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm at 2023 CERAWeek Luncheon & Keynote Address

Managers of EM Waste Treatment Facilities Focus on Mission Success

News Release: PHOENIX - Federal and contractor leadership highlighted progress in EM ’s liquid waste treatment mission and lessons learned in their work during back-to-back panels at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia.

Chair Rodgers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of 20 Bills to Secure our Energy Future and Competitive Edge

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Full Committee markup of 20 bills.

Chair Rodgers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of 20 Bills to Secure our Energy Future and Competitive Edge

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Full Committee markup of 20 bills.

Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor

News Release: SHIRLEY MEEDER. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 7-2-4 & M-1 Administrative Housing. “Shirley, run home! Run straight home!" These are the words I remember. I was at my friend’s home, when her father gave me this warning. I lived only about three blocks from my friend’s home, but the distance seemed longer...

Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records discussed on March 9 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Secretary Marty Walsh addresses President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today released President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024. The budget details a blueprint to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out, lower costs for families, protect and strengthen Medicare and Social Security, and reduce the deficit by ensuring the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share - all while ensuring no one making less than $400,000 per year pays more in taxes.

Opening Statement: “Rising Risks: Managing Volatility in Global Commodity Derivatives Markets”

Release: "Over the past several years, we’ve seen several unexpected events that have shocked global commodity markets. The COVID-19 related shutdowns and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have each caused significant global disruptions in the supply and demand of commodities.

The Many Faces of Delaware Water Gap

News Release: MARIAGNES AYA UENISHI MEDRUD. Family # 11191. Camp: Minidoka, ID. My father Joseph Kozo Uenishi, emigrated to the US from Japan with his parents when he was a boy. In 1923, when he was 23 years old, he went back to Japan and married my mother, Kane Katsuragawa. My father helped build the Great Northern...

Smith: Biden Administration Must Come Clean About Its Tax Hike Plan

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - American taxpayers struggling in the Biden economy deserve answers about how President Biden’s $4.7 trillion tax hike, proposed in his fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget, will impact them, wrote Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Ahead...

Peters Joins Firefighters & Local Officials in Saginaw, Highlights His Bipartisan Legislation to Extend Support for Local Fire Departments

News Release: SAGINAW, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, toured Saginaw Fire Station 1 today to discuss the need to pass his bipartisan legislation to extend federal grant programs that are set to expire. During the visit, Peters highlighted...

Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on the Presidents Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

Release: The Biden-Harris Administration today released the Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which provides $60.4 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and an additional $20.1 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund to address major disasters.

Rule published by Commerce Department on March 9

The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Florida Citrus Marketing Order; Exemption for Pummelos discussed on March 9 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Agriculture Department discusses Decrease of Assessment Rate for Texas Oranges and Grapefruit on March 9

The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Opening Statement: “Consideration of the Budget Views and Estimates Letter of the Committee on Agriculture for Fiscal Year 2024”

Release: "Good morning, everyone. I call to order the business meeting to consider the Agriculture Committee’s fiscal year 2024 Budget Views and Estimates letter.

Subcommittee Chairs Duncan and Johnson Opening Statements at Full Committee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chairman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Full Committee markup of 20 bills.

Ecology Three-Touch Field Trip Model

News Release: I was born in Salt Lake City, UT on February 4, 1913. My parents were Shiro and Isa (Tomita) Iida. I was the oldest child in the family with two sisters, Grace and Kim and two brothers, Albert and Ted. We moved to Berkeley in 1929 where my father worked for the Nichi Bei Times newspaper based in San Francisco.

EPA announces additional $65 million for Superfund cleanup projects at Montana mining sites

News Release: HELENA -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced approximately $65 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address cleanup projects at three Superfund sites across Montana: the Basin Mining Area, in Jefferson County; the Carpenter Snow Creek Mining District, in Cascade County; and the Upper Ten Mile Creek Mining Area in Lewis and Clark County.

Comer, McMorris Rodgers, Jordan Applaud House Passage of Bill to Protect Americans from Censorship

News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: . We are in receipt of your letter yesterday to Steve VanRoekel, U.S. Chief Information Officer at the Office of Management and Budget, and Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, regarding implementation of the online Federally Facilitated...

Federal Reserve System discusses Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies on March 9

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.