News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
“Federal rules and regulations for permitting, licensing, and environmental reviews have made it incredibly difficult and expensive to build in the United States.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing entitled “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Medical Devices.”
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) meeting today where the Commission walked back its controversial natural gas policy statements.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 28, 2022
Top executives from the world’s leading chipmakers dispersed throughout Washington, D.C., March 23 to seek tens of billions in funding for the semiconductor industry, Politico reported.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
“No community deserves to have contaminated sites near where they live, work, play, and go to school.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
On Thursday, the head of the Gulf Cartel, Jose Alfredo Cardenas-Martinez, aka El Contador, 42, of Matamoros, Mexico, was indicted on various charges related to his position as the head of the Cardenas family drug trafficking operation known as the Cartel del Golfo.U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
A southern Arizona woman was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 5 years in prison for her role in smuggling fentanyl and heroin into the U.S. following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nogales assisted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint nine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including three Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and six Rural Development (RD) State Directors.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
To combat COVID-19 amid supply shortages in 2020, health care facilities across the U.S. resorted to disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), such as N95 masks, for reuse with methods such as ultraviolet (UV) light.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Rooting out bias in artificial intelligence will require addressing human and systemic biases as well.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Statistical calibrations will allow data from state surveys to inform upcoming stock assessments. Short- and long-term research priorities will address congressional directives to review and identify improvements to state and federal surveys.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Antarctic sea ice coverage shrank to a record low
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the city of Springdale, Arkansas, to extend Dixieland Road in the northern portion of the city.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
“It is well known that among the four companies that dominate this market, there have been a number of allegations and investigations.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. The deadline for nominations is April 25, 2022.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase Fresh Nectarines, Fresh and Frozen Peaches, and Fresh Plums for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is accepting applications for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS), which will provide up to $200 million for states to purchase local food for school meal programs.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Much of what is known about planned fire comes from a burn manager’s memory.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced plans for prepositioning containers of agricultural goods near port terminals to help improve service for shippers of U.S. grown agricultural commodities.
By Press release submission | Mar 28, 2022
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials closed several trails and backcountry campsites at approximately 4:30 p.m.
