News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


NIJ-Funded Research Examines Use of CT Scans to Replace Autopsies


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo released the following statement following the Senate’s bipartisan passage of legislation to revitalize domestic semiconductor manufacturing and invest in American scientific leadership.


Federal Agencies Release Joint Study on Workplace Violence


Durbin Delivers Opening Statement at Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level


Durbin, Leahy call on Administration to take an Unequivocal Position Against the use of Torture-Derived Evidence


BLM to close Flatiron Rock Trailhead parking area for maintenance

News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District plans to close the Flatiron Rock Trailhead parking area August 1-5 for maintenance. The trail will remain open. The Flatiron Rock Trail leads into the Oregon Badlands Wilderness and the parking area is located roughly 17 miles...


Durbin Questions Witnesses in Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Threat America's Gun Violence Epidemic Poses to Law Enforcement


Durbin Introduces Officer Ella Grace French Task Force Support Act


Gettysburg National Military Park announces start for Little Round Top rehabilitation project

News Release: GETTYSBURG PA - A $13 million rehabilitation of Little Round Top began on Tuesday, July 26 at Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP). The Little Round Top area of the battlefield will be closed for approximately 18 months while the National Park Service improves infrastructure and updates the experience for visitors.


House Republicans to Biden: Put American Energy Workers First, Don’t Reward Foreign Oil Producers

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Republicans are demanding President Biden abandon his anti-American energy agenda, including any plans to cut off America’s access to global energy markets by imposing a ban on oil exports. In a new letter, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers...


EPA Extends Application Period for Cooperative Agreement for the Pesticide Inspector Residential Training (PIRT) Program


LyondellBasell Companies Agree to Reduce Air Pollution at Chemical Plant in Morris, Illinois


EPA, Justice Department, and State of Colorado settlement with DCP Operating Company LP Resolves Clean Air Act Violations at natural gas plants in Colorado


EPA Takes Steps to Further Safeguard Public Health at the Universal Oil Products Superfund Site in East Rutherford, New Jersey


EPA Regional Administrator visits Two Urban Agriculture Sites in Metro Atlanta


EPA Releases Draft Revised Risk Determination for 1-Bromopropane for Public Comment


Temporary TSA PreCheck® application center set for August at Albany International Airport


Local man cited by police after TSA stops him from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight at Reagan National Airport


July 27: bills handled by Foreign Affairs Committee

There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on July 27.


Readout of Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas Roundtable Meeting with Private Sector Senior Executives, Directors and Security Officials in Central Florida