News from August 2022

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to four major oil companies today demanding answers for how they are using their record high profits, and what - if anything - each company is doing to alleviate Americans’ pain at the pump.

By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
2022 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Tribal and Insular Area Grants grant opened on Aug. 4.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
News Release: The last place anybody wants to hear about gross mismanagement and incompetence is in the business of saving lives. That’s precisely and unfortunately what the Finance Committee meets to discuss today.

By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
“Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter“ was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D903-D904 on Aug. 4

By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement after the United States Senate voted to ratify Sweden and Finland’s membership in NATO.

By Tamara Browning | Aug 4, 2022
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is among supporters of the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a bill that would raise revenue for spending on various issues, including energy and climate change.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a news conference with Finance Committee Republicans to highlight the tax hike proposals in the mislabeled “Inflation Reduction Act." Analyses from nonpartisan experts have shown the legislation would increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income Americans; slam the manufacturing industry; and do nothing to lower inflation.
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
Democrat Wildfire Bill Misses The Mark
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
Stabenow, Boozman, Booker, and Thune Introduce Legislation to Regulate Digital Commodities

By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
News Release: GRAND ISLAND, NE - A 20-year-old worker's attempt at clearing a jam in an industrial cardboard baler at a Grand Island waste disposal company turned tragic when the worker fell into the baler, became caught and suffered severe amputation injuries. OSHA alleges the employer disregarded federal regulations designed to prevent such tragedies.
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
Unlocking New Export Opportunities on Philippines Trade Mission
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
USDA Accepting Applications for East Africa Trade Mission
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
USDA Announces Plant Variety Protection Board Appointments
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty Programming with Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Connecticut and California From Operating in the Produce Industry
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Kansas
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
Mary’s Center Provides Meaningful Support for WIC Families
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
USDA Partners with 36 States and Territories to Issue Child Food Benefits for Summer
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
FNS Awards Grant to Delaware to Provide Mobile Payment Options for WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
By Press release submission | Aug 4, 2022
USDA Increases Funding for Partnerships to Safeguard, Restore Wetland Ecosystems