WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today issued the below statementopposing the Biden Administration's decision to allow the electric vehicle tax credit to go toward cars made using a key battery component from China. Today the Treasury Department released a final rule allowing electric vehicles with batteries made using graphite and other minerals from China to qualify for EV tax credits. Brown has led efforts to ens  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news on May 2, 2024: GSA's Chief Sustainability Officer has been working for the agency for more than 18,207 days. But who's counting? "The only reason I counted was curiosity about how many days makes 50 years," Kevin Kampschroer said. "I'm really looking forward to my 50th anniversary working for GSA. I think it's an achievement, and I'm really happy to have made it." In Kampschroer's 50 years at the agency, wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today announced a $5.1 million award to advance carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) monitoring at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The monitoring and sequestration project, which is being led by the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), is key to the development of commercially-viable CCUS. Further, the project will advance the expansion of CCUS a  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: To watch Senator Capito's interview, click here or on the image above. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - This morning, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of both the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) and the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Fox Business Network's "Mornings with  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) held a hearing to question U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland about the President's budget request for the DOI for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). During the hearing, Chairman Manchin discussed DOI's expected loss in revenue due to plans to cut back on oil and gas lease sales, DOI's lack of progress on   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Under the Republican majority, the Ways and Means Committee has been laser-focused on helping small businesses survive in the bad Biden economy. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act restores critical tax policy from the Trump tax cuts on which small businesses rely to stay open, create jobs, and become more productive. By contrast, Democrats spent  more

NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Hearing: "Factories and Fraud in the PRC: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible" Testimony: Jim Wormington, Senior Researcher and Advocate on Corporate Accountability, Human Rights Watch Dear Congressman Smith, Senator Merkley, honorable Members of the Commission, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. The Car Industry Illustrates the Links between Global Supp  more