WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement on the 88th anniversary of the Social Security Act, whose bedrock benefits would be cut for over 256 million Americans under Republican budget proposals. "88 years ago, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into la  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Lauren McFerran and General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo outlining dozens of instances of misconduct found in documents provided by NLRB whistleblower Rebecca Dormon. Dorman provided the Committee wi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Roger Marshall and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced the EQIP Water Conservation Act to allow local water agencies to access larger U.S. Department of Agriculture grants for water efficiency and conservation projects that benefit multiple farmers. In the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress authorized the secretary of agriculture to support water projects that conserve water, provide fish and wildli  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety issued the following written testimony by Ivette Torres, a community research lead at the People's Collective for Environmental Justice, involving a hearing on July 26, 2023, entitled "Cleaner Trains: Opportunities for Reducing Emissions from America's Rail Network": * * * Executive Summary The Moving Forward Network (MFN)'s mission is to build power with front  more