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Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress:

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress:

News Release: JACKSON, MS - Federal investigators have determined that the employer of a 25-year-old welder - who suffered fatal injuries in an explosion at a Flora work site in July 2022 - could have prevented the tragedy by following federal workplace safety standards.

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) gaveled the first committee meeting of the 118th Congress. During the meeting, the Committee Rules and Subcommittee Jurisdictions were adopted by voice vote.

Good morning and welcome to the first meeting of the Committee on Appropriations for the 118th congress.

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of Senate and House Democratic colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in a bankruptcy case before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of 231,000 military veterans who are seeking restitution from 3M and its subsidiary Aearo Technologies for allegedly manufacturing defective earplugs.

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered remarks at Georgetown Law Center’s event titled, “Justice for Ukraine: A Conversation with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.” In addition to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Kostin, Durbin was joined by Ambassador Beth Van Schaack, U.S. Department of State Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.

The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of passionfruit (Passiflora edulis), sweet granadilla (P. ligularis), and banana passionfruit (P. tripartita) from Colombia into the entire United States for consumption. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity.

News Release: Court documents were unsealed this week charging 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two illegal schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5 million by paying kickbacks and bribes and billing Medicare for unnecessary medical services that were never provided.

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Release: This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009396.

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening statement at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress.

Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement after his meeting with the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly.

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant with use of excessive force and two obstruction offenses.

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) gaveled the first committee meeting of the 118th Congress.

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) implementation of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIF). U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, discussed the substantial funding and new responsibilities provided to the DOE in the IIJA, and built upon with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), to strengthen America’s energy security, increase domestic energy production and reduce our reliance on foreign supply chains.

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: A mile east of Saddlehorn Visitor Center. Amenities. 3 listed. Parking - Auto, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Trailhead. * Location: From Saddlehorn Visitor Center, turn left onto Rim Rock Drive and proceed 1.0 mile (1.6 km) to the trailhead on the left. * Mileage: 0.5 one way (0.8 km). *...

News Release: HONOLULU - A Honolulu preschool has learned an expensive lesson about willfully failing to pay required overtime wages as the law requires, after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.