WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) announced a $375,000 grant from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to study how best to alleviate congestion and train delays and improve safety and travel time for passengers and freight at three rail crossings in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) designated the funding for  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) announced a $375,000 grant from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to study how best to alleviate congestion and train delays and improve safety and travel time for passengers and freight at three rail crossings in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) designated the funding f  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: In case you missed it, Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act this week, legislation to direct the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissi  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a hearing to examine the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' ecosystem restoration projects. HIGHLIGHTS: ON THE CRITICAL AUTHORITIES IN THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT (WRDA): "As many of us know, the biennial Water Reso  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee will hold a hearing to examine the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' ecosystem restoration projects. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "Today, we are here to conduct oversight of one of the U.S. Army Corps of Eng  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, at the Senate Finance Committee hearing "Consolidation and Corporate Ownership in Health Care: Trends and Impacts on Access, Quality, and Costs," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), a senior member of the committee, highlighted the need for increased transparency of health care costs and quality outcomes. With the continued consolidation of the health care industry, Senator Carper emphas  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing "FASTA Implementation and Optimizing the Efficient Use of Federal Property," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), a senior member of the committee, emphasized the lessons learned from the implementation of the Federal Assets Sale Transfer Act (FASTA). While FASTA works to limit wasteful practices, Senator Ca  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator and Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Chris Coons(D-Del.) chaired a hearing yesterday focused on exploring the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on innovation and how to regulate AI in a way that promotes innovation so that the United States maintains its competitive edge. The hearing, entitled "Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on June 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the indictment of former President Donald Trump by a federal grand jury in Miami: "No one is above the law, and these federal charges arising from an investigation led by an independent special counsel remind us of that bedrock principle. "As with anybody  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the bipartisan Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) alongside Senate colleagues Dr. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) today, a bill that would require social media companies to share more data with the public and researchers. "Socia  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.)and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act that would direct the Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissions of those same goods produced i  more