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By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA (Oct. 27, 2022) – On Oct. 26, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding over $50 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: WATERBURY, CONN. (Oct. 27, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reached a settlement with Russell Apartments, LLC, a Connecticut property management and development firm located in Waterbury, for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The company agreed to pay a penalty of $25,000 and to certify its return to compliance with these federal laws.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. (Oct. 27, 2022) – On Oct. 26, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding over $36 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: NOVI, MI - 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. The conversation,...
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: Houston, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to an Inspector General report on the State Department’s handling of Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) in Afghanistan. SIVs are issued to Afghans who worked for, or on behalf of,...
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: Houston, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and several House Foreign Affairs Committee members including Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), Rep. Dan Meuser...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 27, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Kansas City Science and Technology Center (KCSTC), located at 300 Minnesota Ave. in Kansas City, Kansas, has renewed its facility lease through 2043. Today, EPA Region 7 and local leaders celebrated the 20-year lease renewal at the KCSTC.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s new cybersecurity performance goals and metrics designed to strengthen cybersecurity defenses for critical infrastructure and many other private sector entities across the country.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Oct. 27, 2022) – This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of Children’s Environmental Health Month, recognizes Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. To increase awareness of childhood lead poisoning, Regional Administrator Earthea Nance and staff from EPA Region 6 spoke with children and families at the Wesley Rankin Community Center in Dallas, Texas. The event was held in partnership with the city of Dallas Environmental Commission.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and several Oversight Committee Republicans raised serious concerns over reports indicating President Biden intends to impose...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 27, 2022) – On Oct. 26, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding over $16 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 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), issued the following statement on her continuing bipartisan oversight efforts into the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19, and her continuing commitment to improve our pandemic preparedness and public health systems by passing her PREVENT Pandemics Act.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Oct. 27, 2022) – On Oct. 26, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding over $11 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy), in conjunction with National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. This first-ever, agency-wide Lead Strategy outlines how EPA will utilize ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) are asking toy manufacturers how they plan to ensure children and their information is protected online following reports...
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today urged the Biden Administration to better synchronize efforts with our G7 partners and condition assistance to address the erosion of Tunisian democracy.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, departed on a bipartisan congressional delegation to Palau, Papua New Guinea, and Australia to bolster engagement and partnership in the region.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: BOSTON (Oct. 26, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $29,570,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to five school districts ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: CARSON CITY — Today, The U.S. EPA announced funding to the State of Nevada for water infrastructure improvements as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Oct. 26, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding over $9.4 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the Baltimore City Public School System.
