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By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to help protect pets and other animals during and in the aftermath of natural disasters and emergencies has...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee markup of five bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Congress has been given the exclusive authority to regulate foreign commerce by the U.S. Constitution. This constitutional power is unique and only held by the legislative branch.
By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) together with Representatives William R. Keating (D-MA), Chair of the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber, Gerald Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Tom Malinowski (D-NJ),...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the announcement that Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) will join the Committee for the remainder of the 117th Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, in response to questioning from Ranking Member Rob Portman (R-OH) at the second panel of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing examining social media’s impact on homeland security, Chris Cox, the Chief Product Officer at Meta, refused to commit to revise Meta’s policies that result in higher rates of child sexual abuse material on the platform.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Dear Secretary Becerra and Administrator Brooks-LaSure...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing by questioning why Democrats are focusing on threats to environmental activists’ freedom of speech but have zero interest in examining the Biden Administration’s numerous and well-documented...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to examine how social media platforms continue to prioritize increased user engagement and revenue over safety and security. During the hearing, the Committee heard...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Sept. 14, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing to consider the nomination of Shailen P. Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) announcement of new guidance to advance tribal co-management of U.S. public lands and waters. The guidance supports the directives of Joint...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee markup of five bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At today’s Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee hearing, Subcommittee Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.), announced a new Committee Staff Hearing Report titled, The Role of Public Relations Firms in Preventing Action on Climate Change. The report presents select findings and 98 pages of evidentiary documents from the Committee’s investigation into public relations (PR) firms’ work with fossil fuel companies....
By EPA Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe and National Tribal Caucus (NTC) Chair Gerald Wagner convened the annual National Tribal Operations Committee (NTOC) meeting. The NTOC meeting brings together the National Tribal Caucus (NTC) and EPA Senior Leadership for a discussion on a wide variety ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to protect Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Reservists from losing their full-time employment when they...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General Teri Donaldson requesting answers on a report showing DOE illegally sent $15 million of taxpayer-funded advanced battery technology to Communist China.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup on five bills.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup on five bills.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: INSTITUTE, W.Va. (Sept. 14, 2022) – West Virginia State University (WVSU) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Region signed a memorandum of understanding today, the first of its type between the two organizations, to promote partnership and opportunities.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to fight back against the Republican national abortion ban introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) yesterday. In the speech, Senator Murray promised to fight this bill every step of the way and to stand up for everyone’s right to control their own bodies and make their own medical decisions.
