News from June 2022
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Rainbow Dialogues: All In This Together grant opened on June 24.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, GA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,256,151 visitors to Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (NRA) in 2021 spent $160,343,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,168 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $235,592,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: This weekend, Little Bighorn Battlefield will remember and honor the 146th anniversary of The Battle of the Little Bighorn. There will special programs presented by various associated tribes and partners. Program times may vary. The programs will be presented as follows.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on June 23.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied marketing authorization and ordered JUUL tobacco products off the market...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 516,000 visitors to Mammoth Cave National Park in 2021 spent $47.9 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 643 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $69.2 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: All fathers can be important contributors to the well-being of their children. A loving and nurturing father improves outcomes for children, families, and communities.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Community -Led Monitoring grant opened on June 24.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 273,499 visitors to Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park in 2021 spent $17.8 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 248 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $24.5 million.
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
NOAA Releases 85 Florida Loggerhead Sea Turtles into the Wild
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3.1 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Entrepreneurship on the Mille Lacs Band Reservation in Minnesota
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered remarks at today’s subcommittee markup of eight bills, including the bipartisan, bicameral American Data Privacy and Protection Act which will protect kids and give Americans more control over their personal online data.
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
Stabenow, Boozman, Scott, and Foxx Announce Bipartisan and Bicameral Agreement to Extend School and Summer Meals for Kids
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Duluth, Minn., June 23, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management is announcing that they will soon be opening up public comment on an Environmental Assessment requesting to withdraw lands from new mineral leasing for 20 years in the Rainy River watershed. The Rainy River watershed is adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in the Superior National Forest.
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
Chairman David Scott Announces Farm Bill Listening Session in Arizona
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
Chairman David Scott Opening Statement at Hearing “The Role of Climate Research in Supporting Agricultural Resiliency”
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) invited Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to testify before the Committee during a hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA).
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Becton, Dickinson and Company to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at the medical technology manufacturer’s three subsidiaries in Columbus and Holdrege.
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
USDA Amends California Grape Marketing Order
