News from August 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There was activity on five bills related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Aug. 4.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three bipartisan bills authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to detect and seize illegal drugs at the Northern and Southern Borders and counter human trafficking have advanced in the Senate. The bills would improve...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: More than $1 Billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to be Invested to Increase Access to High-Speed Internet for People Living in Small Towns Across the Nation
By Press Release | Aug 5, 2022
The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates the Democrats’ latest reckless tax-and-spend proposal will increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket, with more than half of the tax increases on Americans making less than $400,000 per year.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Relax on the front lawn of Chellberg Farm for an evening of music on Sunday, August 14 and 28, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The Save the Tunes Council is a group of local musicians devoted to preserving and passing on folk songs in the traditional way, using a variety of traditional musical instruments including...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Travelers in Grand Teton National Park should plan for intermittent delays and closures as road improvement projects are underway in the park. Road improvement operations are expected to occur through Monday, August 22.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure, as always, to be with my friend, the foreign minister of Qatar, who we have spent a lot of time together in various parts of the world and on the phone, and I think this is evidence of the very close partnership between Qatar and the ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There are nine releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.
By David Hutton | Aug 5, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently received an “A+” grade on the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 2021 Small Business Procurement Scorecard, marking the 13th year in a row it has earned an “A” grade and the sixth consecutive year for the “A+” mark.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Following its stress test earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Board today announced the individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: About the National Park Service - More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted a comment letter today in strong support of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rules to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and to prohibit all characterizing flavors in cigars. The agency proposed the rules earlier this year to reduce the appeal of cigarettes and cigars, particularly among young people, and improve public health outcomes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Under the authority of the Federal Land Management Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et. Seq.) and pursuant to 43 CFR 9212.2, this Fire Prevention Order rescinds fire restrictions for all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered public lands within the Arizona Strip District. Effective...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today announced an important step to continue charting a path forward in a longstanding Columbia River Basin dispute regarding the operation of 14 federal dams and their impacts on the region's salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Atmospheric and oceanic conditions still favor an above-normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, according to NOAA’s annual mid-season update issued today by the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Despite Democrats’ claims that their latest budget reconciliation bill will lower prices for families, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today confirmed that the Democrats’ proposed prescription drug price controls will cause prices for new drugs to be more expensive, in response...
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: PRIME MINISTER HUN: (In Khmer.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Prime Minister, thank you very much for receiving us today. I’m very pleased to be here, to follow in the footsteps of my predecessors. In fact, the prime minister and I were at the hotel last night; I opened the guest book and I saw that the previous ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
test grant opened on Aug. 5.
