News from April 2022
By Press release submission | Apr 14, 2022
Twenty-four Years of Data Show Desert Soils Struggle Survival
By Press release submission | Apr 14, 2022
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Committee Members Reps. Cori Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent a letter to Andy Jassy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.com, seeking documents regarding Amazon’s labor practices, especially during severe weather events.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, introduced the Access for Veterans to Records Act, a bill that would help provide resources to address the backlog of requests for records at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), which currently stands at 600,000.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today’s hearing on “Follow the Money: Tackling Improper Payments” by emphasizing how improper payments plague government assistance programs and how the trillions of dollars in pandemic relief pushed by Congressional Democrats have ushered in a new wave of fraud unlike anything Americans have ever experienced.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today continued their probe into the Biden Administration’s failure to return federal employees to the workplace.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
“Reports of atrocities in Ukraine continue to mount, with horrific photos and videos exposing the aftermath of Russia’s unthinkable violence against civilians there.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
Several reports have shown deceptive marketing practices push consumers toward junk health plans that lack ACA protections
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Planned Parenthood leaders and a Title X patient at a Planned Parenthood health center in Seattle to talk about how the $4.5 million in Title X funding she helped deliver for Washington state will get patients the reproductive health care they need—and how she will keep fighting to protect and strengthen the program in the face of Republicans’ extreme attacks on reproductive rights.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
President Joe Biden announced a $1 billion "America the Beautiful Challenge."
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the No Timber From Tyrants Act.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
Senate Unanimously Passes Manchin, Barrasso, King, Daines Resolution Designating National Park Week
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced the Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Parity Act of 2022.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
Manchin, Risch Introduce The International Nuclear Energy Act Of 2022
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to discuss the scope and scale of critical mineral demand and recycling of critical minerals.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), along with U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, calling on her to ensure the Department of Energy (DOE) remains the lead cybersecurity agency for the energy sector, as well as to ensure the Federal government does not impose duplicative cyber incident reporting requirements on the energy sector.
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement after the Senate passed the Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAP Land) Act.
