News from December 2022
By Bob Pepalis | Dec 12, 2022
Persecution of human rights defenders and lawyers has escalated since Xi Jinping came to power in China, a senior China researcher for Human Rights Watch told State Newswire.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2022
Regional Initiative to Accelerate Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Deployment: Technical Assistance for Large-Scale Storage Facilities and Regional Carbon Management Hubs grant opened on Dec. 12.
By DOE Newswire Report | Dec 12, 2022
The Biden-Harris administration announced Dec. 6 it intends to invest as much as $72 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand the Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) program and create Building Training Assessment Centers (BTAC).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2022
FY23 NOAA New England Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program grant opened on Dec. 12.
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2022
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I congratulate the people of Burkina Faso as you celebrate your 62nd National Day.
By Homeland Newswire Report | Dec 12, 2022
The Homeland Security Advisory Council recently gathered to talk about how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can continually enhance its interactions with customers.
By EPA Newswire Report | Dec 12, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to enhance the reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) data to the Toxics Release Inventory.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was arrested in East Rutherford, New Jersey for possessing with intent to distribute approximately 70 kilograms of cocaine and 25 kilograms of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2022
“TARP SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL” was published on pages S10971-S10973 of the Congressional Record on Dec. 12, 2008.
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2022
Release: Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez will lead the U.S delegation to the seventh U.S.-ROK Senior Economic Dialogue (SED). The ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2nd Vice Foreign Minister Lee Dohoon will lead the delegation from the ROK. The SED will be hosted by the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2022.
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2022
Environment-focused short film contest and festival grant opened on Dec. 12.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led 21 of her colleagues in sending a letter commenting on the Biden Administration’s proposal to reinstate the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) long-standing joint-employer standard to ensure that all corporations with control over workers’ health, safety, hours, pay, and other working conditions are at the bargaining table with workers.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act, legislation to provide women the support they need to access reproductive health services by providing grants to organizations, including abortion funds, to offset the cost of travel-related expenses. Senator Murray also proposed creating a historic, new federal abortion fund in the FY23 LHHS funding bill in July.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement in response to news the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approved relief to the Central States Pension Fund through the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) program, which Senator Murray fought to establish in the American Rescue Plan.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on the Senate floor to seek unanimous consent on a time agreement to pass their Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) this Congress to protect pregnant workers and ensure they have the basic workplace accommodations they need to have healthy pregnancies.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), spoke on the Senate floor about the urgent need for Congress to take action on pandemic preparedness.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to clarify that victims of discrimination can seek damages for emotional harm under federal law after the Supreme Court curtailed their ability to do so in its April ruling in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) blasted the Biden administration for pushing regulations that will throttle the franchise model and undermine the path to the American Dream for many entrepreneurs.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to sound the alarm on the agency’s draft Strategic Plan, which misses opportunities for making EEOC more responsive to workers and employers.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act, which makes college cost decisions more consumer friendly.
