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“MEMORIALS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the House section section on pages H7072-H7073 on July 22.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
MEMORIALS
Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:
ML-211. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 205, urging the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and state departments to address the ongoing fertilizer price increases and shortages that are impacting Michigan farmers; to the Committee on Agriculture.
ML-212. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Maine, relative to Joint Resolution memorializing the President of the United States and the United States House of Representatives to enact the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
ML-213. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 253, memorializing the United States Congress to enact federal legislation requiring food service establishments to notify patrons if they are serving imported shrimp; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
ML-214. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, relative to Hose Resolution No. 115, recognizing the importance of nonprofit organizations and memorializes the United States Congress to support the partnership between nonprofit organizations and the federal government; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
ML-215. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 151, memorializing the United States Congress to support amendments to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow private or investor-owned utility customers to receive federal funding for reimbursements related to charges incurred for utility damages resulting from natural disasters and to remove the requirementfor states to seek waivers to receive Community Development Block Grant funding for storm damage costs incurred by private or investor-owned utilities; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
ML-216. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Resolution No. 156, memorializing the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to invest in hurricane storm damage reduction, flood protection, and drainage infrastructure projects in the Amite River Basin; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
ML-217. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 262, urging the United States Congress to expand the federal Family First Prevention Services Act by allowing flexibility in the use of Title IV-E funds to help children remain safely in their homes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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