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Tipoffs for Boulder, Colorado (Congressional) Newsletter for Friday June 23, 2023 ( 2 items )  

Reps. Pettersen and Neguse Urge EPA to Invest in Air Quality Monitoring at Rocky Flats Superfund Site
DENVER, Colorado, June 23 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Joe Neguse (CO-02) called for air monitoring equipment to be installed at the Rocky Flats Superfund Site to track air quality and potential chemical contamination. In a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, the me  more

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Durbin Issues Statement on Failed Republican Effort to Weaken National Firearms Act
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today voted against a Republican-sponsored Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal a vital gun safety regulation under the National Firearms Act. Reversing this common sense provision would have weakened the regulation of stabilizing braces that can c  more