News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Since the military coup of February 1, 2021, the people of Burma have stood firm in rejecting military rule and calling for their country’s return to the path to inclusive democracy.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 19 organizations nationwide to receive a total of $3,797,102 in grants for job training programs across the country, including organizations in Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act by a vote of 222-210:
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics:”
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Democrats in the House just passed H.R. 4521, the America Concedes Act, a bill that will set America back in our fight to compete against China.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing entitled “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics.”
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing entitled “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics.”
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The America Concedes Act is a missed opportunity to boost American competitiveness.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The United States is troubled by continuing reports of abductions and arbitrary detentions carried out by authorities in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya, including dozens of reported abductions and arbitrary detentions in recent weeks targeting the relatives of Chechen human rights defenders and dissidents.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) demanded that Democrats start taking Americans’ inflation and supply chain concerns seriously at today’s hearing on price gouging.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 IRF: Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief in Burma
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The United States joins the international community in observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and recommits to ending this grave human rights abuse.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) called on Democrats to address the rising prices that are hurting American families across the country.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0008576
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded North Wind Portage, Inc. (NWP), of Idaho Falls, Idaho, the Moab Remedial Action Contract (Moab RAC) for completion of EM’s environmental remediation in Moab, Utah.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced workers have begun the first large-scale treatment of radioactive and chemical waste from large underground tanks at the Hanford Site.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
As the United States raced to build atomic bombs during World War II, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Manhattan Engineer District, commonly known as the Manhattan Project, had acquired enough pure uranium metal by 1943 to begin mass-producing fuel for plutonium production reactors.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
One of the Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) core commitments is to protect human health and the environment.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently agreed to a 9-year contract with TRIGA International to secure new fuel elements for half of the nation’s university-operated research reactors.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today joined the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to launch a new effort to accelerate work to strengthen the island’s grid resilience and advance new initiatives to enhance Puerto Rico’s energy future.
