News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
“Representative Young was a pillar of Alaska, leaving behind a legacy as immense as his state. He has been a leader and institution on the Committee and I’m grateful for the path he charted as Chair for six years.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
“We applaud and thank our colleagues for their bipartisan work on these solutions that the President signed in law today.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
E&C Chairman Raises Concerns with Four Companies Regarding Their Roles in the Rise of Youth Vaping Following Passage of Legislation Empowering FDA to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
E&C Chairman Expresses Concern Oil Industry Is Exploiting the War in Ukraine for Its Own Economic Gain
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is undertaking a new factfinding investigation on U.S.-Haiti trade and the impact of U.S. trade preference programs on Haiti’s economy and workers.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.4 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS).
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The U.S. current-account deficit, which reflects the combined balances on trade in goods and services and income flows between U.S. residents and residents of other countries
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
Lifesaving Legislation Caps the Monthly Cost of Insulin at $35 per Month
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
“President Biden put forward a budget today that prioritizes the health and prosperity of the American people.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
Today, President Joe Biden announced he is invoking Defense Protection Act powers in order to ramp up domestic production of critical minerals.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
In the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing today, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) delivered the following opening remarks about safe drinking water.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
On rangelands of the Western U.S., calving in late winter instead of spring maximizes calf growth (weight) by supplying high-quality forage when its most needed, according to a study by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The Government of Colombia has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of Dragon Fruit into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
Funding Opportunity Seeks to Pilot New Revenue Streams for America’s Climate-Smart Farmers, Ranchers and Forest Landowners
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm inviting her to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee on what the Biden administration will do to reverse its anti-American energy agenda and help increase domestic oil and gas production in order to lower costs.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
House of Representatives passed eight bills within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with bipartisan support.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
House of Representatives passed H.R. 6865, the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022, which the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved on a bipartisan basis earlier this month.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
U.S. Senate voted to discharge Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination to be a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) out of the Senate Commerce Committee, allowing a confirmation vote to be scheduled. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, spoke on the Senate floor urging her colleagues to support the motion to ensure the FTC can protect consumers.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced new guidance and increased funding that can help state and local governments carry out projects that create safer, more walkable streets, including pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, Safe Routes to School programs, and other local community projects.
