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Missouri NRCS announces additional Conservation Stewardship Program funding: 'We look forward to providing greater opportunities to address the unmet demand from producers who have sought funding for climate-smart conservation activities'
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The Missouri Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will receive additional funding through the Inflation Reduction Act to boost the start of climate-friendly initiatives under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CPS), providing opportunities to farmers and the owners of forested land to take part in the program and back climate-mitigation projects.


USDA announces new investments in school meals to support Healthy Kids: 'The Biden-Harris Administration believes that a healthier future for our country starts with our children'
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week announced several efforts designed to increase support for and access to school meal programs for children in need, including $50 million in grants to jumpstart collaboration between schools, suppliers and food producers in an effort to provide nutritious food.


Buttigieg: Proposed funding 'will increase the speed, reliability & frequency of commuter rail service' in Utah
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Utah’s FrontRunner transit system would receive more than $315 million in federal funding in the Department of Transportation's proposed spending plan.


Fernandez: 'Transit is a great equalizer for our nation'
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The San Francisco area could be a beneficiary of an infusion of $500 million in funding that would help extend the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.


Buttigieg: Proposed funding will support two ‘long-awaited transit projects’ in NYC
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recommended providing $4.45 billion in funding for 18 major transit projects across 11 states to boost regional transit services and stimulate economic growth.


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Representatives of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative traveled to Indonesia last week for the second round of negotiations in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity.


Lyons: Foreign fugitives who try to hide in U.S. 'should think again'
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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Cape Verdean woman wanted on forgery charges in her home country.


Alaska attorney general on spiraling drug overdose deaths: 'These drugs are traced back to drug cartels operating out of Mexico'
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A letter from 21 state attorneys general requests that President Joe Biden list the Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG and other similarly situated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorists organizations (FTO’s).


Guzman: Chemical-discharges report shows EPA is 'prioritizing transparency with our toxics data'
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Environmental releases of more than 500 chemicals listed on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) from reporting facilities nationwide were still below pre-pandemic levels in 2021.


Lyons: 'Perpetrators of these types of crimes care very little about the havoc they cause to the victims involved'
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A Brazilian native convicted of fraud in his home country was arrested in Massachusetts by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston agents and sentback to Brazil.


E&C Republicans Press NIH for Information on Handling of Sexual Harassment Complaints
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E&C Republicans Press NIH for Information on Handling of Sexual Harassment Complaints



Chairs Rodgers, Bilirakis Announce Hearing on Protecting NIL Rights for College Athletes
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Chairs Rodgers, Bilirakis Announce Hearing on Protecting NIL Rights for College Athletes


Chair Rodgers Applauds VA Coverage of Alzheimer’s Drug, Urges CMS to Reconsider
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Chair Rodgers Applauds VA Coverage of Alzheimer’s Drug, Urges CMS to Reconsider


Chair Rodgers Demands EPA Reverse Its Effort to Shut Down American Power Plants
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Chair Rodgers Demands EPA Reverse Its Effort to Shut Down American Power Plants


E&C Health Subcommittee Calls HHS Secretary to Testify on President’s Outrageous Budget Request
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E&C Health Subcommittee Calls HHS Secretary to Testify on President’s Outrageous Budget Request



Chairs Rodgers, Duncan: Vague CEQ Guidance Cannot be an Excuse to Abandon FERC’s Core Mission
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Chairs Rodgers, Duncan: Vague CEQ Guidance Cannot be an Excuse to Abandon FERC’s Core Mission


E&C Committee Probes NIH for Failing to Convene Scientific Management Review Board
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E&C Committee Probes NIH for Failing to Convene Scientific Management Review Board