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By State Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement following the Taliban’s release of two American hostages.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued this statement after the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus government funding package...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Dear Director Young:. I write regarding the implementation status of the AI in Government Act.[1] This legislation requires OMB to provide guidance for agency use of artificial intelligence (AI) within 270 days of enactment. The Act became law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 on...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House passed the National Heritage Act (S. 1942 ) by a bipartisan vote of 326-95. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced and championed the House version of the bill (H.R. 1316 ), which passed the House as an amendment to the bipartisan Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act last year.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to announce a new funding opportunity for a program to help states establish low cost revolving loan...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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. The law will strengthen national...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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...
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today highlighted significant steps taken over the last year to counter the challenges the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the United States and its allies and partners.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a full Committee markup of a Republican resolution of inquiry...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement after being elected to serve as Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee for the 118th Conrgess...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today announced that the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban, to serve as Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Doug McKalip, to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing two important documents from its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program: The Office of Research and Development (ORD) Staff Handbook for Developing IRIS Assessments (IRIS Handbook) and the final IRIS Toxicological Review of Perfluorobutanoic Acid and Related Salts. These publications demonstrate EPA’s commitment to transparency and rigorous science for use in decision making.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $2,497,134 in research funding for 25 small businesses to develop technologies that address some of our most pressing environmental problems. Projects include technologies for detecting methane emissions, methods to prolong the shelf life of foods and reduce food waste, software systems to improve recycling and materials management, and a water sampling device to detect the presence of PFAS.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a full Committee markup of a Republican resolution of inquiry...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: On Thursday, Chair Kathy Castor of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Chairman Bobby L. Rush of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to the President and CEO of TC Energy Corporation (TC Energy) today to express concern about the recent oil spill from the Keystone Pipeline in Washington County, Kansas and to request information from the company about the spill and how it plans to prevent future spills.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the omnibus appropriations bill which includes a package of bipartisan reforms she crafted with HELP Ranking Member Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) to strengthen families’ retirement and emergency savings and which she fought to include in the bill.
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reflected on the Biden Administration’s inaction on solving the crisis at the U.S. southern border and reiterated that Senate Republicans have solutions, as detailed in their June report.
