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By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Following unanimous passage last week by the U.S. Senate, tonight the U.S. House passed the bipartisan Equal Pay for Team USA Act, landmark legislation to ensure all athletes who represent United States in global competition – like the World Cup, Olympics and Paralympics – receive equal pay and benefits – regardless of gender.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
On Friday, U.S. House Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) and Nancy Mace (R-SC-1) led a bipartisan group of representatives in a letter to House leadership, urging them to bring the Equal Pay for Team USA Act, which passed the Senate unanimously earlier this month, to the House floor for a vote before the end of the 117th Congress.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Chris Coons, along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today celebrated Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) as part of legislation supporting our nation’s defense programs. The measure will now be sent to President Biden for his signature.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) secured passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 83-11 in the Senate.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the conclusion by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that a December 2021 memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) entitled “Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources to Build a Better America” is a rule subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA):
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today celebrated the confirmations of L. Michelle Moore, Robert Klein, William Renick, Adam Wade White, Joe Ritch, and Beth Pritchard Geer to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, as well as clean air and labor leaders in announcing new standards to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from heavy-duty vehicles starting in model year 2027.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
In response to a February 2022 inquiry from U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that a December 2021 memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) entitled “Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources to Build a Better America” is a rule, and therefore subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, which the House and Senate recently passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Omnibus includes highest level for non-defense funding ever, lowers the cost of living for working families, creates better-paying jobs, and keeps our nation and communities safe; Provides critical funding to support Ukraine and relief to help communities recover from natural disasters
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this short-term continuing resolution through December 23rd.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 29, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Dec. 28, 2022) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent agreement with Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC and issued a final order to address certain waste management practices at the company’s facility in LaPlace, Louisiana.
By Press Release | Dec 29, 2022
Today, Representatives Jim Banks, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan, Troy Nehls, Kelly Armstrong and House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis released a report on their investigation into the security failure at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2022
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, issued the following statements after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its preliminary analysis of women’s representation in the workforce and the status of the gender pay gap between 2018 to 2021:
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2022
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the House voted favorably 219 to 205 last night to pass S. 3905, the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act:
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2022
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing to examine how the surge of anti-LGBTQI+ policies advanced in legislatures across the country and the proliferation of extreme anti-LGBTQI+ rhetoric are fueling violence against LGBTQI+ people in the United States, including the mass shooting that took place at the LGBTQI+ nightclub, Club Q, in Colorado Springs last month.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2022
Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing to examine the ongoing threat to American democracy posed by white supremacist ideologies, and how the federal government can confront domestic terrorist threats.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2022
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Ms. Debra Steidel Wall, Acting Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), in light of reports that additional classified records were recovered from former President Trump’s storage facility in Florida during a recent search and turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2022
Chairman Raskin to Hold Hearing on the Threat to Democracy Posed by Anti-Democratic Extremist Groups
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2022
Following Club Q Mass Shooting, Oversight Committee to Hear from Survivors at Hearing on Anti-LGBTQI+ Violence and Extremism
