WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Peace Corps issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2021: * * * On this day in 1961, following the approval of Congress, President John F. Kennedy signed the Peace Corps Act, officially establishing the federal agency. Peace Corps Acting Director Carol Spahn issued the following statement commemorating the Act's 60th anniversary: "Today, we honor and reflect upon an important day in the history of the Peace Corps - the 60th anniversary of the day that President  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2766) to "amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a manufacturing investment tax credit and a production tax credit for manufacturing facilities that produce offshore wind turbine components." The bill was introduced on Sept. 21 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. It was referred to the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2776) to "clarify that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has authority to implement a residential eviction moratorium under the quarantine authority vested by the Public Health Service Act." The bill was introduced on Sept. 21 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. It was referre  more

MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines issued the following news release: On September 16, Peace Corps Philippines Country Director Jenner Edelman signed a contract to independently evaluate the impact of the American volunteer organization's unique "Response Program." The contract was awarded to Agnes Quilinguing, an independent research consultant with over 15 years of project management, monitoring, and evaluation experience with the Asian Development Bank, othe  more