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News Release: SEATTLE (13 de diciembre de 2022) – Hoy, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció un acuerdo con Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC de Sunnyside, Washington, por infracciones contra la Ley de Planificación de Emergencias y Derecho a Saber de la Comunidad debido a que la compañía no informó el almacenamiento de amoníaco en sus instalaciones. La compañía acordó pagar una multa de $61,500.


Portman, King, Hagerty, Sinema, Sullivan, Manchin, Romney, Daines Urge Interior Secretary to Withdraw Guidance That Would Impede Energy Infrastructure Projects
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News Release: Dear Secretary Haaland:. As sponsors and proponents of the FAST-41 permitting improvements, we write to express serious concern about recent draft guidance proposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Oct. 24, 2022. This guidance puts onerous requirements on the sponsors of infrastructure...


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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a RCRA Section 3008 Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) with TForce Freight, Inc. (TForce) to resolve allegations of noncompliance with multiple hazardous waste regulations at 174 facilities across 39 states. TForce, which ...


Manchin: There Has Never Been a More Critical Time for Congress to Protect American Energy Security and Reclaim Energy Independence
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News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement urging his Senate colleagues to support the inclusion of bipartisan, comprehensive permitting reform as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).


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News Release: A bicameral comment letter, led in the House by Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), was sent today to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh opposing DOL’s confusing and burdensome proposed rule regarding independent contractors.


12 press releases published in October by United States Senate Committee on Finance
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There were 12 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Finance in October.


Eight press releases published in November by House Committee on Natural Resources
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There were eight press releases published by the House Committee on Natural Resources in November.


House Passes Bill to Extend Government Funding Through December 23
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News Release: The House tonight passed the Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act. The legislation is a short-term continuing resolution that extends federal government funding through December 23 to provide time to complete negotiations on fiscal year 2023 appropriations legislation.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Rob Portman (R-OH), Angus King (I-ME), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Steve Daines (R-MT) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of ...


House Committee on Oversight and Reform publishes 26 press releases in November
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There were 26 press releases published by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in November.


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There were 13 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in October.


Barrasso Responds to TerraPower Announcement
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement in response to TerraPower’s announcement that it plans to delay its Natrium reactor project in Wyoming due to lack of American nuclear fuel.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the Department of the Interior’s implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act..


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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, 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.


Two press releases published in November by Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
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There were two press releases published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in November.


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News Release: SEATTLE (Dec. 13, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, Washington, for violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act due to the company’s failure to report storage of ammonia at its facility. ...


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News Release: WASHINWASHINGTON - Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing that threats to our democracy and Constitution have been echoed so frequently that it has lost its impact and become a tool used to advance a political agenda. She...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee ...


Leader Rodgers Statement on CMS Waiver for Undocumented Immigrant Health Insurance Plans
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced approval of a waiver submitted by Washington state that would allow federal taxpayer dollars to subsidize health insurance for undocumented immigrants...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced approval of a waiver submitted by Washington state that would allow federal taxpayer dollars to subsidize health insurance for undocumented immigrants...