News from June 2022
By Andy Nghiem | Jun 18, 2022
President Biden is considering lifting the tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump on Chinese imports.
By Timothy Stuckey | Jun 18, 2022
The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services recently issued a call for nominations for the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
By Karen Kidd | Jun 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project to help 12 competitively selected remote and island communities to strengthen energy infrastructure, reduce outage risks and improve their future energy and economic outlook.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
Release: Lennox’s Cold Climate Heat Pump Unlocks Potential for Domestic Manufacturing of Clean Energy Heating Products that Slash Energy Bills for Americans
By EPA Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), led a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler regarding the SEC’s proposal to require extensive climate change-related disclosures from public companies.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: SUCCASUNNA, NJ - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Succasunna landscaping company and its owner to pay $400,000 in back wages and damages after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employer denied 32 of its workers the overtime pay they earned.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has proposed nearly $1.2 million in civil penalties to M-Class Mining LLC, a Macedonia, Illinois, coal mine operator. MSHA cited the operator for continuing to operate the mine without evacuating miners with a fire underground and failing to notify MSHA of the fire. The fire broke out on a longwall section on Aug. 13, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be able to receive my colleague and my friend, the foreign minister of Senegal. Welcome, Aïssata, to the State Department. I had a wonderful visit where we spent a lot of time together in Senegal. We’ve had many conversations since then.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Judiciary Committee on June 17.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Today, Secretary Blinken announced his selections for the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.
By Timothy Stuckey | Jun 18, 2022
Officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Cherokee Nation recently signed a compact as part of the Department's Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reform the Department’s employee misconduct discipline processes. The reforms...
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
Release: This Administration has consistently sought to confront systemic racism and injustice around the world, and, to that end, I have appointed Desirée Cormier Smith as the State Department’s first Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice. Serving in this role, Special Representative Cormier Smith...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board approved action on Friday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and San Francisco increasing the discount rate, specifically the primary credit rate, at the Banks from 1 percent to 1-3/4 percent, effective immediately.
By Karen Kidd | Jun 18, 2022
Yellowstone National Park officially announced the renaming of Mount Doane to First Peoples Mountain.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- In commemoration of Juneteenth National Independence Day, FEMA staff will participate in employee-hosted programming honoring the legacy of Juneteenth, followed by a day of public service on Monday, June 20, led by members of the FEMA National Service Alumni Employee Resource Group at Washington, D.C., non-profit Bread for the City.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 17.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement demanding that TikTok be held accountable for knowingly allowing the Chinese Communist Party to access American user data.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
There was activity on five bills related to the Armed Services Committee on June 17.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement demanding that TikTok be held accountable for knowingly allowing the Chinese Communist Party to access American user data.
