News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
House Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Abigail Spanberger delivered the following statement at today's hearing “A 2022 Review of Farm Bill Conservation Programs”.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott announced the following promotions for the Democratic staff of the House Agriculture Committee:
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Finding the Right Frequency: 5G Deployment & Aviation Safety.”
By Emily Bevard | Feb 4, 2022
Dorsey Tire Co. will pay $79,000 in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor Investigation found employers failed to calculate overtime hours properly by not including time spent on after-hour service calls.
By Bob Martin | Feb 4, 2022
Three more Houston-area companies have joined a coalition of firms that are exploring carbon capture and storage, or CCS, technology to reduce carbon emissions in the area.
By Bob Martin | Feb 4, 2022
In an effort to support President Joe Biden’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the Department of Energy announced $25 million in funding to strengthen research into wave energy technology.
By George Willis | Feb 4, 2022
Unending carbon monoxide-related accidents and deaths have prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to make a second request to the Federal Aviation Administration to require carbon monoxide detectors in general aircraft.
By Bob Martin | Feb 4, 2022
The Federal Transportation Administration announced ratings for six projects that are seeking funding from the Capital Investment Grants program, which have helped communities with transit projects.
By Emily Bevard | Feb 4, 2022
More than $1.2 billion in funding announced by President Joe Biden and the Department of Transportation will go to the Appalachian Development Highway System in order to complete corridors in 11 Appalachian states.
By John Kelly | Feb 4, 2022
Andrew Archuleta has been named the Wyoming director of the Bureau of Land Management.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 4, 2022
A Long Island Sound estuary in Connecticut has been designated a "protected place" by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, making the new national estuarine research reserve the 30th reserve in the nation and the first in the state.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 4, 2022
Albany, N.Y. is poised to become a global leader in offshore wind-turbine manufacturing now that Port of Albany has been named the future site of the first offshore win-turbine manufacturing hub in North America.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Stakeholder Priorities.”
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled, “Finding the Right Frequency: 5G Deployment & Aviation Safety.”
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) during today’s hearing titled, “The Road Ahead for Automated Vehicles.”
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “The Road Ahead for Automated Vehicles.”
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing titled, “The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s Promise After 30 Years of Practice” to hear from the National Park Service, the Government Accountability Office, and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) practitioners on lessons learned over the past thirty years since enactment of the groundbreaking law and areas where Congress can help improve implementation.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the below statement on recent actions by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand broadband connectivity to Tribal libraries.
