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By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide information about DHS’ potential involvement in covering up the poor conditions at the southern border in El...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity’s (NSABB) issued a report titled: “Proposed Biosecurity Oversight Framework For The Future of Science."
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. We write to reaffirm our shared commitment to the important U.S. - Egypt bilateral relationship and the importance of maintaining a focus on human rights as a critical component of that relationship. Specifically, we emphasize our expectation that the Administration will reprogram...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the committee will hold a hearing to investigate the Biden Administration’s policies that have fueled the ongoing border crisis the week of February 6th.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $50 million in grant funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help states, Tribes and territories develop and implement Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI programs. Under ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS – (Jan. 19, 2023)- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Community Advisor Group Members (CAG) and Dallas city officials hosted an event at the Lane Plating Superfund site in Dallas, Texas to witness the demolition of the electroplating facility and to recognize the work of local, state and federal officials who have worked on the site’s cleanup.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Michael McCaul, Tom Malinowski and Ann Wagner - Chair, Ranking Member, Vice Chair and Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Ami Bera and Steve Chabot - Chair and Ranking Member of the Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: DETROIT, MI - In his first two years as Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) led landmark bipartisan efforts to help ensure the federal government is better prepared to protect and serve communities in Michigan and across the country.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: MOODY, Ala. (Jan. 19, 2023) - The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has formally requested the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lead the response in extinguishing the ongoing fire at the Environment Landfill Inc. in Moody, Ala., after receiving results from air monitoring and sampling.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 19, 2023) – Newton, Kansas, landowner Stan Jost will pay a $50,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2023) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a virtual community meeting for residents of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, to share information about health risks from the chemical, ethylene oxide or EtO. The community meeting will take place virtually on February 2 at ...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) together with Representatives Albio Sires (D-NJ), Chair of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy Subcommittee, Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Chair of the International Development,...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is seeking public comment on its proposal to address environmental justice, climate change, and PFAS contamination in its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECIs).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on the debt limit...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation that would impose punishing economic and other consequences on Russia if it further invades or undermines Ukrainian sovereignty. This bill is the House companion bill to the Senate’s Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022, introduced by Senator Menendez.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-C.A.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific,...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the recent missile testing by North Korea...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first opportunities for public input on new programs focused on lower carbon construction materials made possible by a $350 million investment from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. The Agency will hold three public ...
By State Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) issued a statement following the announcement that Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaidó’s term has come to an end.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (Jan. 18, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at six National Priority List (NPL) Superfund sites in New Hampshire this year.
