News from May 2022
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced legislation to reauthorize key Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) programs to address the national mental health and substance use disorder crises.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
“The more than $5 trillion approved since the start of the pandemic has become a wellspring for criminal activity
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Selected grant targets sites in Kansas communities of Junction City, Manhattan and Ogden
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
EPA reached settlements with facilities handling dangerous substances in Leominster and New Bedford, Mass. resulting in civil fines and compliance improvements
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing details of a framework to transform the food system to benefit consumers, producers and rural communities by providing more options, increasing access, and creating new, more, and better markets for small and mid-size producers.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today released the following statement in response to President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) $5.8 trillion budget request:
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Representative of the United States.Thank you, SRSG Swan, for your presentation and for being with us today.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Oversight, Armed Services, and Intelligence Committee Chairs on Report Finding Retaliation Against Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Vindman
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
The U.S. Steel Corporation will pay a $1.5 million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement announced today with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) for longstanding air pollution violations.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of State is announcing the launch of a new Conflict Observatory to capture, analyze, and make widely available evidence of Russia-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Begin text:Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at ensuring efficient coordination of their respective support to accountability efforts on the ground.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
U.S. policy toward Guyana seeks to develop robust and sustainable democratic institutions, laws, and political practices; support economic growth and development; promote an active, organized, and empowered civil society; and promote stability and security.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
The text of the following statement was released by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States following the 21st session of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, which was held from April 25th to May 6th, 2022.Begin Text:We recognize that Indigenous women, young women, and girls in all their diversity, and two-spirit and gender-diverse individuals face disproportionately high rates of gender-based violence.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Chair’s Statement: Roadmap for Global Food Security–Call to Action
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Joint Statement by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa, and Republic of Korea Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Secretary of State Antony J.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
The United States remains fully committed to imposing costs on the Iranian regime for its support to terrorist proxies that destabilize the Middle East.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s wonderful to be able to host my colleague and friend, the Foreign Minister of Finland, here at the State Department in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Private exporters reported sales of 352,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Pakistan.
By Press release submission | May 30, 2022
Today in a Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee hearing, Ways and Means Republicans emphasized the importance of removing barriers to high-quality service at the Social Security Administration (SSA)
