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By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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 Senate has passed their bipartisan Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management...
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement today after the House voted to pass the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022 (H.R. 8446), bipartisan legislation McCaul cosponsored with Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN).
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), announced that the Senate passed their bipartisan Technological Hazards Preparedness and Training Act of 2022 to expand the Federal Emergency...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to improve our nation’s ability to prevent foreign governments, including adversaries like the Chinese and Russian governments, from attempting to influence U.S. policy without making appropriate...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: Dear Mr. Hochman: I am deeply concerned by a recent report from the New York Times indicating that Providence St. Joseph Health (“Providence") engaged in a series of practices which resulted in patients who should have received free or discounted medical care to instead pay for that care through aggressive...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act to increase federal support for local fire departments across the nation...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held votes on the Sustaining America's Fisheries for the Future Act of 2022, finishing a markup begun on Sept. 22, 2022. Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee Chair Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement after a discussion with Ways and Means Members on the status of the Caribbean Trade Resolution...
By Press release submission | Sep 30, 2022
At Subcommittee Hearing, Witnesses Detail How Excessive Price Hikes by Corporations Have Fueled Inflation, Hurt Consumers
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Lisa Gomez, by a vote of 49-36, to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, expressed alarm in light of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report detailing more than $2.6 million in potentially fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits claimed by DHS employees. Portman released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (H.R. 3843)
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 would help bolster the federal workforce’s understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) has passed the House.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Gilt Edge Mine Conveyance Act, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.),under suspension of the rules. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to increase federal support for local fire departments across the nation has advanced in the Senate. The bill would reauthorize critical Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant programs...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland, raising concerns over her failure to appear before the Natural Resources Committee in 2022 and DOI’s extreme regulatory actions, which may have exceeded its authority in light of recent Supreme Court rulings.In part, Westerman wrote.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on Representative Charlie Crist’s (D-FL-13) resignation from Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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 Artificial Intelligence Training for the Acquisition Workforce Act to help bolster the federal workforce’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) introduced the Transparency and Production of (TAP) American Energy Act.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chairwoman Jahana Hayes delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Title XII - Department Operations and Outreach"
