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By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency joined the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America to announce that the $2 million Environmental Justice for Climate (EJ4Climate) grant program is now open for applications. This cycle of EJ4Climate grants will focus on ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today spoke on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to support ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and highlighting the economic benefits of doing so.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the Committee on Oversight and Reform voted favorably-with bipartisan support-to approve the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2022.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 20, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized two settlement agreements that provide a framework for the cleanup of the former West Calumet Housing Complex property in Zone 1 of the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago, Indiana. With this step, EPA will ensure lead-and-arsenic-contaminated soils that pose a risk to human health and the environment are removed, and the property is made safe for redevelopment.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: "In today’s meeting we will consider legislation aimed at addressing a longstanding Social Security problem as well as 6 resolutions of inquiry.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee leaders introduced legislation to honor the late Congresswoman Walorski by reauthorizing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The bill increases funding for services that aid new parents and their children...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: POSTPONED. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 - 2:00 PM ET. Hybrid Hearing - 1300 Longworth and via Zoom. Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. RE: “Assessing Crypto as a Tool for Financial Inclusion". **NOTE: **House Office Buildings are closed to the public. The hearing will be broadcast...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on meeting the academic and emotional needs of students in light of prolonged school closures...
By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2022
Chairman Scott Leads House Debate of Bill Helping Domestic Violence Survivors Escape Abusers' Debts
By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2022
What People Are Saying: Lowering Obstacles to Achievement Now (LOAN) Act
By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2022
Chairman Sablan Opening Statement at “Back to School” Hearing
By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2022
Foxx Introduces Legislation to Give Borrowers Timely Relief
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee leaders introduced legislation to honor the late Congresswoman Walorski by reauthorizing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The bill increases funding for services that aid new parents...
By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2022
Peace Corps Payout Leaves Taxpayers on the Hook
By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2022
Burr Demands Clarity on Admin’s Contradictory COVID-19 Policies After President Declares ‘the Pandemic is Over’
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to increase federal support for local fire departments across the nation. The bill would reauthorize critical...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2022
News Release: EPA orders two Coachella Valley mobile home parks to provide safe drinking water SAN FRANCISCO – On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Emergency Administrative Orders under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act to two mobile home parks located in the ...
