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By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today questioned eight major automakers over reports that their supply chains may include materials sourced from the Xinjiang region of China, where forced labor is rampant. Importing goods made with forced labor violates federal trade laws.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after introduction of the fiscal year 2023 omnibus funding package, which included commonsense bills to protect consumers and promote the economy.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2022
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of the, an omnibus of 12 fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine and provide disaster relief.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2022
News Release: The House today passed, 225 to 201, with one Member voting present, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, an omnibus spending bill consisting of all 12 fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills. This government funding package also includes emergency supplemental funding to respond to the devastation...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2022
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider the, legislation that includes 12 fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine and provide disaster relief.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement following the Taliban’s decision to not allow Afghan women to attend college in Afghanistan.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the bipartisan Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) 2.0 Act to bolster retirement savings, and Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act to shut down fraudulent tax shelters are included in the omnibus spending package.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 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, this week sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen emphasizing the need for increased accountability of ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after omnibus bill text was released, including a major health care title.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 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 EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indian Health Service completed a formal agreement that provides more than $23 million to build a new water treatment plant at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. IHS obligated $13,601,000 toward the project and EPA provided $10,262,000. Nearly all the funding is the result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-The year-end spending bill includes important agriculture and nutrition provisions that U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, helped author and secure.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to Amanda Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Agency for Global Media, to conduct oversight over the USAGM’s rehiring of a senior official who was fired after repeated reports of mismanagement, abuse of public funds and falsification of credentials.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the strongest-ever national clean air standards to cut smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy-duty trucks beginning with model year 2027. The new standards, which is the first update to clean air standards for heavy duty trucks in more than 20 years, are more than 80% stronger than current standards.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress continue to push for concessions to the criminal dictatorship in Cuba, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden warning against a return to the United States’ failed Obama-era policy of engagement with Cuba.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, praised the inclusion of his bipartisan legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 and the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 in...
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: Dear Secretary Yellen, Secretary Austin, Secretary Blinken, and Secretary Raimondo...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: Yesterday, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) published a new opinion piece in The Hill on the bipartisan Puerto Rico Status Act, which passed the House on Dec. 15, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following calls from U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) will receive $305 million in the upcoming government spending bill to meet the needs of houses of worship and other...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after an announcement today from the United States Postal Service (USPS) saying they will invest in charging infrastructure and deploy over 66,000...
