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By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an order on consent with the City and County of Honolulu to ensure pollutant discharge requirements are met at the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. This order on consent will ensure that discharges from this facility to the Pacific Ocean are safe for the marine environment, and that the facility is in compliance with the Clean Water Act.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are calling ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) to help identify and mitigate potential conflicts...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-Texas) led Congressional Republicans in criticizing the Treasury Department’s failure to defend U.S. business and economic interests in international tax negotiations.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills under suspension of the rules. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 29 organizations to receive a total of more than $14 million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs across the country. The grants through ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 14, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Florida. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry regarding the administration coordinating with social media companies to silence Americans.
By Karen Kidd | Dec 15, 2022
As the U.S. Department of Labor prepares for contingency in case of a shutdown, a continuing resolution (CR) from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) to keep government funded into February could hit the Senate floor as early as today.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed cleanup work to address asbestos contamination at the Charlestown Mall site in Utica and Frankfort, New York. EPA removed a total of nearly 30,000 tons of debris from the site and completed all site activities.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: After facing a health crisis, you should be focused on recovery-not surprise costs. Despite efforts from lawmakers to shield Americans from unexpected medical costs, lack of protection due to complex state regulations and out-of-network costs can quickly plunge many Americans into financial chaos.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry on the Biden administration’s efforts to censor Americans by colluding with Big Tech.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to boost environmental workforce training in Delaware.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are pressing senior Biden Administration officials, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, and several virologists who authored “The Proximal Origin...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry on the Biden administration’s efforts to censor Americans by colluding with Big Tech.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Michigan. EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will grant recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Baker Technical Institute in Oregon to receive a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training grant for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding is among 29 new grants awarded nationally through EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program to recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization and environmental cleanup projects at brownfield sites.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) responded to Senate Democrats’ decision to vote against a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden Department of Education’s outrageous rule gutting charter schools...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group in Alaska, to receive a total of $1 million in grants for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grants are ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced yesterday the Parental Right to Protect Act, which safeguards parental rights by ensuring Child Protective Services (CPS) does not penalize parents for protecting their children from gender-transition interventions.
