News from March 2023
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, toured Dearborn Fire Station 2 to discuss the need to pass his bipartisan legislation to renew federal grants programs that are set to expire in the coming years
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young requesting an update on the implementation of his Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Government Act which became law in 2020.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report examining the laws governing synthetic opioid interdiction, the synthetic opioid precursor supply chain from China to Mexico, and the finished-product supply chain from Mexico to the U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Caucus, introduced the Stopping Unlawful Negative Machine Impacts through National Evaluation Act to clarify that existing civil rights laws apply to decisions made by AI systems just as if those decisions were made by humans
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Facial Accountability, Clarity, and Efficiency In Technology Act (FACE IT) to establish best practices and rules for the federal government’s use of facial recognition technology (FRT).
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced today that their bipartisan Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act has been signed into law.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary McDonough, and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra requesting an update on the implementation of their Make PPE in America Act, which was signed into law by President Biden as a part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk Index (NRI) – an online tool that utilizes data to identify communities that are most vulnerable to natural disasters – has been signed into law.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA), a bipartisan bill to increase transparency around social media companies.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report on the birth tourism industry in the United States including how foreign nationals are paying for U.S. citizenship for their children.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, praised the inclusion of his bipartisan legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 and the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 in the final FY 2023 funding measure currently under consideration.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report revealing that as the number of unaccompanied children entering the United States surged, the Biden administration reduced the protections for that vulnerable population
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
On Dec. 20, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell at the agency’s headquarters to announce funding for the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund grant program.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Severe winter weather is expected to impact communities nationwide, with the potential to create hazardous conditions across the country.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
More than 900,000 households have applied for federal disaster assistance, but there are only three weeks left to apply for damages related to Hurricane Ian.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
The December 22 deadline to apply for FEMA disaster assistance has passed, but help is still available for people affected by the July 25 - 28 flooding in St. Clair County.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.1 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the City of Lawrence for the costs of providing meals and food for needy populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Extremely cold weather is gripping much of the nation, including areas of Region 6 where these temperatures are a rare occurrence.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Fifty-one additional Florida counties affected by Hurricane Nicole are now eligible for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance under the Public Assistance program.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Rammer Guerrero Morales, 31, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 141 months of imprisonment by Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy.
