News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Jason E. Kearns, Chair of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC or Commission), announced today that Judge Clark S. Cheney has been named the Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) at the USITC.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke about the need for NTIA oversight and the critical role they play in promoting economic growth and American leadership at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain mobile telephones, tablet computers with cellular connectivity, and smart watches with cellular connectivity, components thereof, and products containing same.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain mobile phones, tablet computers, smart watches, smart speakers, and digital media players, and products containing same.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
In a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing, Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks on the need to connect truly unserved areas across the country.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s request for $30 billion.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement following President Biden’s remarks on the Ukraine-Russia crisis.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss held a trilateral meeting today on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. In particular, they discussed progress made in implementing initiatives within the AUKUS trilateral security partnership, which is focused on sustaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) spoke about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Brownfields” program.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Brownfields” program.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent letters to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins about their apparent attempts to suppress scientific debate and information about the origins of COVID-19 and how such efforts may have influenced the advice they gave the White House and policymakers in the early days of the pandemic.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation in a Jan. 27 press release announced a comprehensive roadway safety strategy to prevent traffic deaths and injuries.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Department of Energy (DOE) Science for the Future Act of 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative David McKinley (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) announced the launch of the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Group to collaborate and support a strong West Virginia candidate to be chosen to develop a hydrogen hub, funded through $9.5 billion allocated to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges in using clean hydrogen in the transportation, utility, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: QUESTION: First of all, thank you so much, Mr. Secretary. It’s a really important opportunity to us. And the first question is about the war, actually. President Biden has mentioned that Vladimir Putin has already made a decision. Also, we have heard that Defense Secretary Austin said that the decision ...
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its 2021 fourth quarter report (October 1 – December 31, 2021).
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) in Knox County, Maine.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) in Suffolk County, New York.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that its avocado inspection program in Michoacan, Mexico has restarted and avocado exports to the United States have resumed.
