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By Press release submission | Nov 11, 2022
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, participated in a fireside chat during this year’s annual Michigan Cyber Summit with the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly.
By Press release submission | Nov 11, 2022
A new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that discriminatory enforcement of school dress codes may make school environments less equitable and safe for students and lead to harmful discipline practices.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released a discussion draft of legislation aimed at creating better care integration of mental and physical health care services, and expanding access to crisis care and follow up services to get Americans the longer-term care they need.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) sent a letter to John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), requesting all documents, communications, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott released the following statement after today’s Department of Labor announcement on violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 and represents the 5th District of Arizona, a centrally located region of Arizona located outside of Phoenix. He serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement regarding the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a settlement with Ampac Fine Chemicals, LLC to resolve violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and related state laws at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Rancho Cordova, California. EPA determined that Ampac failed to comply with legal requirements that govern hazardous waste management and will pay a fine of $69,879.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement in regard to the contract negotiations between American railroads and their union workers...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Biden announced his intent to nominate Danny Werfel to be Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the statement below following the release of the consumer price index (CPI) for October, which shows inflation in consumer prices, relative to a year earlier, was 7.7 percent, the eleventh consecutive month with inflation at or above 7.0 percent.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting public comments on a plan to remove mercury-contaminated soil from land at the Pierson’s Creek Superfund Site in Newark, NJ. EPA will accept comments until Dec. 12, 2022. Under the plan for which EPA is requesting comments, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: BOSTON (Nov. 10, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached settlements with two New England companies engaged in the sales or installation of devices that tamper with emission controls on diesel vehicles.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: DETROIT, MI - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report requested by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on how the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can eliminate the potential for discrimination in travel...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting all documents and communications related...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Tonight, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman’s newest ruling that effectively incapacitates President Biden’s student loan bailout...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on President Biden’s intention to nominate Daniel Werfel to serve as IRS Commissioner...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a proposed settlement with 13 "potentially responsible parties" (PRPs) which have agreed to finance and conduct all remedial design and remedial action activities to address groundwater contamination at the Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc. (L&RR) Superfund Site located on Oxford Road in North Smithfield, Rhode Island.
By State Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: Austin, TX- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement on Russia’s announced withdrawal from Kherson, the only regional capital illegally seized since the February 24 invasion by Russia’s invading forces.
