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By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today sent a letter to National Institutes of...

By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Climate Pledge Friendly program on Amazon now includes antimicrobial products like disinfectants and sanitizers certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Design for the Environment (DfE) program. DfE joins EPA’s Safer Choice and 46 other sustainability certifications in Climate Pledge Friendly, which helps customers shop for over 300,000 more sustainable products in the company’s online store.

By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Pueblo, Colo. – As part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness about childhood lead exposure and protect communities in Pueblo, Colorado, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging all Pueblo-area contractors to attend a free lead-safe work practices training and certification course ...

By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: (Seattle – Nov. 29, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. of Seattle, Wash., paid a $345,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations at two of its facilities in Naknek, Alaska. As a result of an investigation, EPA discovered North Pacific Seafoods ...

By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passing of Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA):

By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing titled “Farm Bill 2023: Research Programs".

By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: America’s ongoing worker shortage is forcing employers to reimagine how they identify qualified workers. Fewer employers are requiring a baccalaureate degree because arbitrary degree requirements restrict qualified applicants.

By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $52 million in grants to help communities improve essential stormwater infrastructure. EPA’s Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants will be used by states to invest in projects that reduce flooding ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva(D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the untimely passing of Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.). Rep McEachin has served as a member of the Committee since coming to Congress in 2017.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a business meeting to consider multiple nominations, including Joseph Goffman to be an assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation. Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va), along with every Republican, voted against Goffman’s nomination, which resulted in a 10-10 tie vote.

By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 29th, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $105 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Water Resources Board for water infrastructure improvements. At an event ...

By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, in response to the Department of Justice filing a proposal in federal court that, if approved by the court, would appoint an Interim Third Party Manager to stabilize Jackson, Mississippi’s public drinking water system, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan issued the following statement: ...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
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 on the U.S. Bureau of Energy Ocean Management’s (BOEM) announcement that Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 will take place ...

By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL), and Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).

By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) voted to advance several nominations during a committee business meeting : Shailen P. Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) by voice vote, Beth Prichard Geer to be a Member of the ...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passing of Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA):
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passing of Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA):

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the new Treasury Department guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act worker protections...
By State Newswire | Nov 29, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this weekend participated in a moderated discussion on today’s top international security issues at the Halifax International Security Forum.
By State Newswire | Nov 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in reaction to the Biden Administration easing sanctions on the Maduro regime in Venezuela.