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By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced it is extending the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for a 12th time...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Kay Granger (TX), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, announced the Republican Steering Committee’s recommendations for new Republican Members who will serve on the Committee for the 118th Congress. The recommendations will now go before the Republican Conference to be ratified.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced the latest action to identify and address cumulative impacts from pollution and non-pollution sources. EPA’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) released the Cumulative Impacts Addendum to EPA Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: SEATTLE (Jan. 10, 2023) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it is proposing to approve portions of Alaska’s plan for combatting harmful particulate pollution in the Fairbanks-North Star Borough, and disapprove others. “Over the past 13-plus years, the state and borough ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Kay Granger (TX), released the following statement after the Republican Conference officially named her chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee for the 118th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and co-chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of $100 million in funding for environmental justice grants.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of approximately $100 million for projects that advance environmental justice in underserved and overburdened communities across the country. This funding, made possible through President Biden’s Inflation Reduction ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 10, 2023) – An official for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ruled that two home renovation companies must pay civil penalties to resolve violations of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced new proposed regulations to Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans that will drastically shift the responsibility of student loan debt from borrowers to taxpayers...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 10, 2023) – Today at the Missouri Job Center in Springfield, Missouri, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister presented a $500,000 ceremonial check to the City of Springfield, Missouri, as a Brownfields Job Training grant selectee. McCollister was joined by city leaders Mayor Ken McClure, City Manager Jason Gage, and Interim Director of Workforce Development Ericka Schmeeckle.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to West Virginia to highlight the role the Mountain State has played in powering our nation and showcase the opportunities - made ...
By Press release submission | Jan 10, 2023
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to set newer, more protective national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM) pollution.
By Press release submission | Jan 10, 2023
President Biden signed the Cantwell-Capito Equal Pay for Team USA Act into law, ensuring all athletes who represent the United States in global competition – like the World Cup, Olympics and Paralympics – receive equal pay and benefits – regardless of gender.
By Press release submission | Jan 10, 2023
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation said that the Committee intends to hold hearings in the wake of Southwest Airlines massive operational and customer service failures.
By Press release submission | Jan 10, 2023
Last week, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee lead Republican Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee lead Republican David Rouzer (R-NC) criticized the Biden Administration for moving forward, in the face of a pending Supreme Court ruling, to reinstate strict and cumbersome regulations over waters and water use decisions throughout the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the newly released CBO score of the House Republican bill rescinding funding Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act to crack down on tax cheating by the wealthy and corporations. CBO found the House Republican bill would add more than $114 billion to the deficit and reduce revenues by nearly $186 billion.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after being selected by the Steering Committee to serve as Chairwoman of the Education and the Workforce Committee for the 118th Congress...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 9, 2023) – TC Oil Pipeline Operations Inc. has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up the oil discharge that occurred Dec. 7 in Washington County, Kansas, as a result of a rupture in a section of the Keystone Pipeline. TC Energy is ...
By Press release submission | Jan 10, 2023
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to West Virginia to highlight the role the Mountain State has played in powering our nation and showcase the opportunities — made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — to invest in our existing energy infrastructure, new advanced energy technologies and energy manufacturing in West Virginia that could help the nation become energy independent
By Press release submission | Jan 10, 2023
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Willie Phillips being named Acting Chairman of the FERC.
