News from May 2022

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 17-20.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today, the White House released the U.S. Department of State’s Equity Action Plan to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13985 on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 HHS Budget:”

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader and Republican Study Committee Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, RSC Chairman Jim Banks, and RSC Member and GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M,

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on HHS’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to consider one pending nomination and pending legislation, including U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, bipartisan America’s Outdoor Recreation Act.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $12 million for six new research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects that will develop innovative cybersecurity technology to help ensure energy delivery systems are designed, installed, operated, and maintained to survive and recover quickly from cyberattacks.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
For Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Legacy Management (LM), environmental stewardship is a continuous commitment.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
FERC today moved to improve confidence in the accuracy and reliability of wholesale natural gas prices.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Heating and cooling represent significant energy needs for American homes and businesses—for instance, more than half of U.S.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $3 million solicitation for projects that will help manufacturers improve the efficiency of their operations and shrink their carbon footprint through high-performance computing (HPC).

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
I am pleased to have Secretary Becerra before us today to discuss the Biden Administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm for the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY)

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
EPA will hold a virtual public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on May 25-26, 2022.Meeting topics will include:EPA’s response to recommendations made by the PPDC at the October 2021 meeting on managing pesticide resistance, supporting farmworker and clinician training, responding to emerging viral pathogens, and regulating emerging agricultural technologies.Next steps for implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) workplan, as well as recent updates to the Bulletins Live!

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Under the agreement, Sunnyside and Kinross will pay $40,950,000 to the United States and $4,050,000 to the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe, of King William, Virginia, and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe Eastern Division, both of Providence Forge, Virginia, have each been awarded grants to support diversion of food and other organic waste to composting programs instead of landfills.

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today, Administrator Power met with the Belarusian Leader of the Democratic Opposition, Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya,

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Can you talk about USAID's planned contribution to the World Bank's Childcare Incentive Fund, and how does this investment in this fund in childcare infrastructure further USAID's mission more generally?

By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $100,000 in humanitarian assistance in response to immediate needs in South Africa, following extensive flooding and mudslides throughout KwaZulu-Natal province in the aftermath of Subtropical Depression Issa.