News from March 2023

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
Comer: We Must Protect Americans from Censorship

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
Mace Delivers Opening Statement Written by ChatGPT at AI Hearing

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
Fallon: Depleting the SPR and Biden Admin’s Attack on American Energy Poses National Security Risks

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
COVID Origins Hearing Wrap Up: Facts, Science, Evidence Point to a Wuhan Lab Leak

By US DOT Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation launched a dashboard that informs parents and caregivers about airlines' seating policies and fees for families with children.

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
Investment and Deployment of Force Multipliers Disrupts Transnational Criminal Organizations and Keeps Americans Safe

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
Hearing Wrap Up: President Biden Damaged America’s Oil Security by Depleting the SPR

By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced a $20 million agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and non-profit TradesFutures to advance equitable opportunities in construction through the Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness Across the Building Trades initiative.

By Tamara Browning | Mar 10, 2023
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ administrative agency office in Sells, Ariz., has a new name that replaces one that was a derogatory term Spanish conquistadors gave to O’odham people.

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
While lawmakers were discussing Twitter during a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) alluded to Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, who also owns a stake in Twitter. Plaskett said that although CZ is a Canadian citizen, he is a “Chinese national.” Crypto influencer and analyst Chris Blec and CZ himself said on Twitter that Plaskett's comments implied racism and discrimination.
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
A Massachusetts restaurant owner must pay punitive damages and stop retaliation against its employees for a Labor Department investigation.

By US DOT Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has offered his sympathies to the family of a Norfolk Southern conductor killed in a Tuesday train collision.

By DOJ Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
A man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stalking charges.

By USDA Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
A University of Arkansas professor, Donna Graham, has received a $222,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to recruit underrepresented students, according to a news release.

By Homeland Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expanding premium processing and online services for some international students studying in the United States, according to a news release.

By US DOT Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
A man was arrested March 7 at Boston Logan International Airport for attempting to open an emergency exit door while on board a flight from Newark to Boston.

By Sam Jackson | Mar 10, 2023
Qin Gang, China's new foreign minister, has warned of inevitable "confrontation and conflict" between the U.S. and China unless the U.S. changes course, but Virginia Rep. Rob Wittman responded by saying Gang's words are "fundamentally incorrect" and "misleading."

By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote a letter, signed by 20 other state attorneys general, to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken Feb. 8, asking them to take swift and immediate action to abate the deadly fentanyl scourge.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In anticipation of President Biden’s forthcoming plan to expand government price controls that kill cures, increase taxes, and relies on gimmicks for funding, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statements...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a hearing that will focus on examining ideas to drive down the cost of health care through transparency and competition.