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Congressman Tim Ryan Applauds Passage of Bill to Address Lead Pipe Water Crisis
Congressman Tim Ryan today votes in favor of the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act (HR4470) – which he introduced with Congressmen Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI) last week. This bill is in response to safe drinking wa...
Attorney General Morrisey Hails Historic and Unprecedented Victory Against EPA
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey hailed today’s decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency as a monumental victory, explaining that it prevents the EPA from enforcing its illegal and unprecedented Power Plan until the court ...
Attorney General Morrisey Hails Historic and Unprecedented Victory Against EPA
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey hailed today’s decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency as a monumental victory, explaining that it prevents the EPA from enforcing its illegal and unprecedented Power Plan until the court challenge concludes.
Lead in the Water, Way Beyond Flint
A single serving of pasta cooked with North Carolina tap water in the home of a sick baby contained more lead than a dime-sized paint chip. An increase in spontaneous abortions and miscarriages was tied to undisclosed lead in the Washington, D.C.’s drinking water. And tap water at an Ohio mobile home community was found to have three times the allowable lead levels for months before residents were informed
Rothfus-Introduced Legislation to be Marked Up in Committee
Legislation introduced by Congressman Keith Rothfus [PA-12], the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act (H.R. 3797), will be marked up in the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Power this week. The mark...
Fischer Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Halt Implementation of Obama’s Clean Power Plan
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement this evening regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily block the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan
Heitkamp Statement on Supreme Court Halting EPA Rules on Power Plants
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp issued the following statement after the Supreme Court on Tuesday halted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan rules on power plants until legal challenges to the rules are resolved.
Heitkamp Helps Secure $24.8 Million to Improve Rural Water Infrastructure in North Dakota
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced that rural and tribal areas across North Dakota will receive a total of $24.8 million in federal funding to help the state expand and improve its water supply infrastructure – more than any other state is b...
Hoeven Announces an Additional $17.4 Million in Bureau of Reclamation Funding for Rural Water...
Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Garrison Diversion Unit in North Dakota an additional $17.4 million in funding to build and improve water supply systems in a number o...
Hoeven Announces $900,000 HUD Grant for Spirit Lake Tribe
Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Indian Affairs Committees, today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $900,000 to the Spirit Lake Tribe. The funds are made available t...
Manchin Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Block EPA Clean Power Plan
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today issued a statement after the Supreme Court ruled it would block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) carbon rules for power plants while the courts consider a legal challenge from states and industry groups.
BUILDING ON KLOBUCHAR’S EFFORTS, WALGREENS WILL OFFER DISPOSAL KIOSKS TO HELP FAMILIES GET RID...
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced today that Walgreens will be installing safe medication disposal kiosks in their stores to help families get rid of unused prescription drugs. Klobuchar passed legislation in 2010 to provide consumers with safe and ...
Congressman Cleaver: President’s Forward-Looking Budget Makes Bold Investments in America’s Future
Budget Ensures $30 Million in Funding for Police Body Camera Programs and Provides $30 million in Funding for the Development of Prospect MAX Bus Rapid Transit in Kansas City.
Obama’s Budget Would “Mortgage America’s Future,” Westerman says
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04), a member of the House Committee on the Budget, issued the following statement Tuesday (Feb. 9) after the release of President Barack Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
THREE O‘AHU HISTORIC HOMES ADDED TO THE HAWAI‘I REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Three O‘ahu residences have been added to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places by the Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board. Compromised of experts including historians, architects, sociologists, cultural specialists, and archaeologists, the H...
Rutledge Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to Stay the EPA’s Clean Power...
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today released a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Environmental Protection Agency’s so-called Clean Power Plan.
U.S. Supreme Court Halts EPA’s Unlawful Power Plan
Attorney General Sam Olens offered the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing its illegal and unprecedented Power Plan until the court challenge concludes.
Whitfield Responds to President Obama’s Final Budget to Congress
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request
As Production Halts at Moses Lake Silicon Plant, Murray, Cantwell, Newhouse Call for End...
Following an announcement that the REC Silicon plant in Moses Lake will shut down production, U.S. Senators Murray and Cantwell, and U.S. Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), today called on trade representatives to end the solar trade war between the U.S...
Mayor Kasim Reed Celebrates the Groundbreaking of New Residential Housing in the Heart of...
Mayor Kasim Reed today joined Post Properties President and CEO Dave Stockert, Invest Atlanta President and CEO Dr. Eloisa Klementich, CEcD and Atlanta City Councilmember Cleta Winslow to celebrate the groundbreaking of Post Centennial Park, Atlanta’...
Davis Provision to Make Flying More Family-Friendly Included in House FAA Bill
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that his provision to help make flying more family-friendly was included in the bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which was released by the House Transportation and Infrastruc...
Minnesota DNR to host listening session about Lake Michigan water diversion proposal
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will host an open house and listening session about a Waukesha, Wisconsin, proposal to divert water from Lake Michigan. The proposed diversion would be done to address declining groundwater levels and water...
Inhofe Applauds Announcement of New Commercial Air Service into Stillwater
.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today participated in an event at Stillwater Regional Airport where American Airlines announced it will be establishing its first commercial air service at the airport beginning in August. Inhofe delivered brief remarks an...
Attorney General Sam Olens Reaches $470 Million Joint State-Federal Settlement with HSBC to Address...
Attorney General Sam Olens today announced a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses.The settlement provides direct payments to Georgia borrow...
Welch Initiative to Assist Low-Income Mobile Homeowners Passes House
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment introduced by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) that would expand the federal housing assistance program to cover previously ineligible expenses of low income mobile home owners. The bipartisan ...
Marino Moves Highway 209 Bill to House Floor
Congressman Tom Marino (PA-10) issued the following statement after learning the House Committee on Natural Resources passed, with unanimous consent, H.R.3620, a bill to amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide a...
Delaware Borrowers To Benefit From National Settlement With HSBC To Address Mortgage Loan Abuses
A state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC will provide direct payments to Delaware borrowers for past foreclosure abuses, loan modifications and other relief for borrowers in need of assistance, rigorous mortgage servicing stan...
Boil Water Advisory Issued for City of Lorraine in Ellsworth Co.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the public water supply in the City of Lorraine located in Ellsworth County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a loss of pressure due to a water mai...
Zinke Statement on Obama’s Oil Tax
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke released the following statement on the Obama administration’s proposal to place a $10 tax on every barrel of oil to pay for green energy projects
King, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Management of Federal Property
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) has joined with a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce legislation that would improve how the federal government manages its buildings and other property across the country. The Federal Property Management Reform ...
