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Ranking Member Graham on Protecting Children Online: “It Is Now Time For Us To Act”
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) spoke today about children’s online safety and the lack of accountability from Big Tech
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Ranking Member Graham on the Judicial Nominations Process
Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke about the judicial nomination process at the committee’s markup to consider judicial nominations.
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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, “The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognize Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution.”
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Durbin Questions Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Children’s Online Safety
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Protecting Our Children Online.
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Durbin: Let’s Work Together to Protect Our Brave Young Dreamers from Deportation
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor highlighting his bipartisan Dream Act of 2023, which he reintroduced last week with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Jordan, McClintock Launch Investigation into MS-13 Gang Member Who Murdered Maryland Woman
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) launched an investigation into reports that an unaccompanied alien child and MS-13 gang member murdered a 20-year-old Maryland woman in July 2022.I
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House Judiciary Republicans Expose the Biden Border Crisis in Yuma, Arizona
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) led a delegation of 14 Committee members to Yuma, Arizona for a field hearing on the Biden Border Crisis. During the two-day CODEL, members met with border patrol agents, toured the Yuma Regional Medical Center, and visited the Yuma Community Food Bank to discuss the impact of illegal immigration on community resources.
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At Arizona border, Judiciary Committee to hear from officials about massive migrant surge, strain on hospitals
The House Judiciary Committee is holding an in-person hearing at the southern border in Yuma, Arizona on Thursday -- and will hear of the massive migrant surge seen under the Biden administration and of the strain it has placed on authorities on hospitals in the area.
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House Republicans Challenge Khan FTC on Proposed Non-Compete Ban
Reps. House Republicans accused the Federal Trade Commission of engaging in a “power grab” by proposing to ban non-compete agreements nationwide and demanded the agency turn over documents.
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Jim Jordan Puts A Dozen Intel Veterans On Notice Over Hunter Biden Laptop Letter
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is turning up the heat on 51 U.S. intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation.
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Comer Opens Markup of Legislation to Protect Speech from Government Censorship
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s markup by urging the committee to pass legislation to protect Americans’ speech from government censorship.
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Wenstrup: We Will Deliver Facts from the COVID-19 Pandemic Response to the American People
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s roundtable titled “Preparing For the Future By Learning From the Past
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Comer Probes State Department’s Use of Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Censorship Campaigns
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is pressing Secretary of State Antony Blinken about reports that U.S. taxpayer dollars administered by the Department of State were used to suppress lawful speech and defund conservative news outlets under the guise of combatting disinformation.
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Manchin Applauds $2.52 Billion in Funding for Innovative Carbon Management Programs
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement last week of $2.52 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for two programs meant to spur investment in carbon capture, transport and storage technologies.
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Manchin, Murkowski Introduce North American Transatlantic Resource Security Partnership Act of 2023
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan North American Transatlantic Resource Security Partnership Act of 2023 (NATRSPA).
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Republicans Advance Solutions to Ongoing Permitting Challenges
House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee hearing on a discussion draft of the Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act of 2023.
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Service lists rare south Texas milkweed as endangered
Following a review of the best available scientific information, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is listing prostrate milkweed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Norfork and Bull Shoals Lakes automate day use fee collection
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mountain Home Project Office would like to remind visitors that many of their parks and day use areas have transitioned to automated fee collection machines.
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USACE monitors blue-green algae conditions and adjusts releases at Port Mayaca Lock and Dam
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is closely monitoring, in coordination with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), blue-green algae conditions at Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (S-308) after receiving aerial imagery showing a thin ribbon of algal mass moving towards the gate yesterday.
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South Atlantic Division Becomes an EWN Proving Ground
South Atlantic Division (SAD) commander Brig. Gen. Daniel Hibner signed a Commander's Memo on Feb. 27th, 2023 establishing the division as an Engineering With Nature Proving Ground.
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Gallagher: CCP found friends in U.S. 'willing to oppose our efforts to push back'
Rep. Mike Gallagher, (R-Wisc.), chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party said China has successfully defeated efforts by Congress to push back with the help of its friends.
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Nashville Corps first job fair offers tentative jobs on the spot
Nashville District Corps of Engineers hosted the first Nashville District job fair. Six qualified applicants received tentative job offers by the end of their interview.
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Burnsville Lake, Riffle Run Day Use Area Launch will be CLOSED for Dredging
Starting, Monday, March 6, 2023, the Boat Launch Ramp located in the Riffle Run Day Use Area will be closed to begin dredging, once the job is completed we will announce the reopening.
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IWR's Risk Management Center is hiring for a Civil Engineer (Geotechnical)
USACE's Institute for Water Resources (IWR), Risk Management Center is seeking for a Civil Engineer (Geotechnical) with the responsibility for planning, programming, scheduling, directing, coordinating, advising, and reviewing the work of technicians and geotechnical engineers.
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Coming full circle: three Kansas City District employees awarded at 2023 BEYA Conference
Every year the Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference is held and honors professionals for their excellence in the STEM field.