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By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce’s recent determination that multiple solar companies with ties to China were able to circumvent U.S. tariffs.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce’s recent determination that multiple solar companies with ties to China were able to circumvent U.S. tariffs.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act, which makes college cost decisions more consumer friendly. The Congresswomen introduced this legislation in response to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which found nearly two-thirds of colleges are not following best practice recommendations regarding financial aid offer letters.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $6 million in funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support Tribal Nations across the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) in reducing nutrient pollution on Tribal lands in the ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to sound the alarm on the agency’s draft Strategic Plan, which misses opportunities for making EEOC more responsive to workers and employers.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) that requires federal agencies to take disaster resilience into account when investing in and managing federal property and...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization (MAPS) Act, legislation to help protect communities...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Jahi Wise has joined EPA as the Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Acting Director for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program. Wise was previously a Special Assistant to President Biden for Climate Policy and Finance ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that will help protect communities across the country from possible consequences that may occur by changing...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would eliminate an exemption on reporting the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso, U.S. Senator Jim Risch
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would eliminate an exemption on reporting the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would improve reporting on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) by, among other proposed changes, eliminating an exemption that allows facilities to avoid reporting information ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the departure of Trade and Labor Oversight Counsel Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez, who has been appointed to serve as the U.S. Department of State’s Special Representative for International Labor Affairs...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (December 5, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the agency will assume investigation responsibilities for the General Mills/Henkel Corp. Superfund site in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To update community members, the agency will host “Superfund 101” training and an open house on Wednesday, December 14.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the schedule for the month of December.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation LLLP (PHRT) to hire experts to safely remove chemicals that are not being properly managed at the facility in equipment that EPA had identified as being of concern after an EPA inspection. The Order on Consent requires full access for EPA to be on-site to oversee the work and safety measures in the short term until the chemicals are removed or secured.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 5, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska to receive $266,064 for a community air pollution monitoring project.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), House Education and Labor Committee Chair Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2022
News Release: Today Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after Biden’s Department of Education disbanded its partisan national parents council following lawsuits from multiple parental rights groups...
