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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.

Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Federal Grant to Boost Environmental Job Training in Delaware

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.

Comer & Jordan Demand Docs & Testimony on COVID Origins and U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Funneled to the Wuhan Lab

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...

Leader Rodgers: “Free Speech is Foundational to America”

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.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Michigan Environmental Workers

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 ...

EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

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.

Foxx: Families Deserve More Education Freedom, Not Less

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...

EPA selects Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group for $1 million in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

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 ...

Foxx Introduces the Parental Right to Protect Act

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.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Indiana Environmental Workers

News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for an environmental job training program in Indiana. EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program grant will recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization ...

Comer: We Must Fund the Police and End Soft-on-Crime Policies to Make America Safe

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing by condemning violence in all forms and warned against ignoring facts about the increase in crime in the United States. He emphasized that crime and violence has increased across the United States...

Leader Rodgers: “Free Speech is Foundational to America”

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.

Wyden, Casey Cheer Moves to Crack Down on Deceptive Marketing in Medicare Targeting Seniors

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Special Committee on Aging Chair Bob Casey, D-Pa., today hailed new consumer protections proposed by the Biden administration that would shield seniors seeking Medicare Advantage plans from deceptive marketing practices that have dramatically increased in recent years.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M from EPA's Brownfields Grants to Train Connecticut Environmental Workers

News Release: BOSTON (Dec. 14, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1 million in grants funded through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Connecticut. The grants through EPA's Brownfields Jobs Training Program will ...

GAO Review of USDA Thrifty Food Plan Reevaluation Requested by Boozman & Thompson Shows Egregious Overreach & Flawed Process

By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON-The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the process by which the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) was updated was marred by egregious executive overreach, lacked an economic peer-review process, and included flawed-even legally questionable-decision-making that resulted in a cost to American taxpayers of more than a quarter-trillion dollars according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Latta: Censoring Americans is Fundamentally Un-American

By DOE 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.

Latta: Censoring Americans is Fundamentally Un-American

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.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million for Job Training in New York

News Release: NEW YORK - St. Nick's Alliance, The Fortune Society, The HOPE Program, and the City of Rochester are among 29 organizations nationwide receiving $14.3 million through EPA's Brownfields Job Training Program to recruit, train and place workers for community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield ...

Miller-Meeks: “AmeriCorps’ continued mismanagement of taxpayer funds is inexcusable”

By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2022

News Release: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing examining the state of AmeriCorps...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants to Train California Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities