WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) in reintroducing the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Pilot Program Act, legislation to create a pilot program to strengthen the CTPAT program within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "I am proud to join Sen. Cornyn in introducing the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Pilot Program Act,  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Senate Co-Chairs of the National Service Congressional Caucus, alongside Vice Chairs Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and House of Representatives Co-Chairs Garret Graves (R-La.) and Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), released a resolution in celebration of AmeriCorps Week to honor the invaluable contributions of Am  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) first-ever proposed national standard for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. "For years, the presence of  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on March 15, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final "Good Neighbor" Plan to reduce harmful smog-forming pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities. "More often   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on the implementation of the drinking water and wastewater investments and authorizations in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "We are here today to examine the im  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) and 18 other senators on a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that expressed strong support for Secretary Yellen's directive for the IRS to not raise audit rates for small businesses or households making under $400,000 ann  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement on Silicon Valley Bank. "I commend the Biden administration's swift actions to address challenges posed by the closure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and to shore up our banking system as a whole. "After being briefed by officials from the U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., an  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to urge the Biden administration to deepen its engagement in South Sudan as the United Nations expects to renew the mandate of its mission in the nation later this week. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Tho  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023, and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) yesterday sent a comment letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette Peters regarding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and BOP's proposed rule on the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program. The Senators applaud  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today introduced legislation to enhance public access to universal safety standards and codes. The Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes (Pro Codes) Act of 2023 ensures safety standards do not lose copyright protection when they are incorporated into law by name,  more

NOBLESVILLE, Indiana, March 18 -- Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: This week, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) toured all six counties in Indiana's Fifth Congressional District meeting with Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, and Tipton county farmers as part of her 2023 Farm Bill listening tour. Every five years, Congress votes to reauthorize the Farm Bill. The following are some of the key concerns raised during the tour: * Inflation  more