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By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released the baseline for the 2023 farm bill.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee field hearing titled “President Biden's Border Crisis Is A Public Health Crisis."
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-09), Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16), Rep. Glen “GT" Thompson (PA-15), Rep. Brian Mast (FL-21), Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK-05), and Rep.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement on the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement that the agency experienced a net loss of $354 million in the first quarter of 2014, which includes $1.4 billion in accrued expenses for the legally mandated prefunding payment of retiree health benefits. Currently, USPS has $16.7 billion in defaulted payments that were due for 2012 and 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden continuing to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for political purposes and with no plan for refilling it.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee field hearing: “President Biden's Border Crisis Is A Public Health Crisis."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: HELENA, Mont. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Sept. 30, 2022, that Atlantic Richfield Company (AR) has agreed to complete its cleanup of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site (Site) in Deer Lodge County, Montana. This landmark ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Feb. 15, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $52,638,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Alabama. This investment, which is ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden continuing to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for political purposes and with no plan for refilling it.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASEE, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $52,638,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Florida. This investment, which is ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee field hearing titled “President Biden's Border Crisis Is a Public Health Crisis."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C.--At a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on the nomination of Danny Werfel to be the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) secured commitments from Mr. Werfel to be transparent and accountable to hardworking American taxpayers, if...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden continuing to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for political purposes and with no plan for refilling it.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in reaction to the Education Department’s announcement regarding online education...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden continuing to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for political purposes and with no plan for refilling it.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee field hearing titled “President Biden's Border Crisis Is a Public Health Crisis."
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 13 colleagues in reintroducing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency Accountability and Transparency Act. This legislation outlines a comprehensive approach to cease U.S. contributions ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Following the release of the Congressional Budget Office's updated baseline projections, Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement...
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the below statement in observance of the twelve-year anniversary of the murder of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Jaime Zapata. In 2011, members of the Mexican cartel, Los Zetas, ambushed Agent Zapata and...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: USA Today. Like many Americans, residents of my home state of Wyoming could not understand how a Chinese spy balloon could lazily and brazenly pass over their heads. They are rightfully angry that an adversary’s spying platform was able to violate and then linger over U.S. airspace for an entire week.
