News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
“Our nation’s recovery continues to shatter expectations, and today’s impressive jobs report is a resounding signal that our labor market is resilient.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
“In declining to take up this case, the Supreme Court has delivered a major victory in our fight to put an end to the retirement savings crisis. Nearly half of our nation’s private sector workers work for employers that do not offer retirement plans, contributing to the almost one-third of Americans without any retirement savings.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Russia’s war on Ukraine is causing an increasing number of civilian deaths.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Report provides an integrated picture of nuclear security enterprise activities and capabilities
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
EM crews replaced a large culvert along a road at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) where heavy equipment will transport waste containers during the teardown of the Main Plant Process Building.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
USDA has always worked to ensure all Americans have adequate access to food.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
By Food Nutrition and Consumer Services Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean and Marketing and Regulatory Programs Deputy Under Secretary Mae WuAs Deputy Under Secretaries, it’s not every day that we get to don aprons and make chicken enchiladas as part of our work.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) statement on the passing of Congressman and former Committee Chairman Don Young:
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved 11 bills, including ocean shipping reform legislation. All are subject to approval by the full Senate.
By State Newswire Reports | Mar 21, 2022
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will receive a briefing Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. EST on Biden Administration negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
The Accelerated Approval Integrity Act Improves FDA’s Ability to Ensure Accelerated Approval Products Provide a Clinical Benefit to Patients Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced the Accelerated Approval Integrity Act, which would improve the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to ensure that drugs that receive accelerated approval are providing a proven clinical benefit to patients.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on ensuring American leadership in next generation communications technology.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 announced the winners of the 2021 “See a Bloom, Give It Room” Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Video Challenge.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
American Rescue Plan Funds Help Buy Electric School Buses
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on spectrum management.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), along with House Minority Whip and Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-LA), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, regarding his ongoing pressure campaign to collude with Big Tech and censor Americans online.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today urged the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) to conduct an oversight review into pandemic-related spending to ensure broadband funds were used appropriately for assisting unserved communities and those economically affected by the pandemic.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today led a letter with U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., to congressional leadership in support of maintaining provisions found in the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) to strengthen the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
An ongoing federal initiative to investigate pay practices of residential builders in Washington State found that a Lacey contractor recklessly failed to pay workers overtime for hours they worked over 40 in a workweek in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
