WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following fact sheet (No. R44865) on June 13, 2024, by senior knowledge management librarian Devon Galena. Here are excerpts: * * * Juneteenth: Fact Sheet SUMMARY Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, Black Independence Day, and, by statute, Juneteenth National Independence Day. On June 19, 1865, Major Gen  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule. "Our nation has needed permitting reform for quite some time, and this move by the Biden Administration pushes back progress by decades. Instead of unleashing the power of American ingenuity   more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule. "The Biden administration's expansion of NEPA regulations is just their latest effort to strangle American innovation. This rule would allow 'social effects' to serve as an all-encompa  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittees on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources issued the following information for a hearing entitled "The High Plains: Combating Drought with Innovation" at 11 a.m. on June 26, 2024, at the Midway Theater: Panel 1 * Mr. Robert Sakata, Agricultural Water Policy Advisor, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Brighton, CO * Mr. Peter Goble, Climatologist, Colorado Climate Center, Colorado State Univers  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) concerned with the recent and dramatic increase in used cooking oil imports from China. Recent news coverage has suggested that large amounts of these imports could potentially  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senate Agriculture Committee Republicans have delivered a framework that puts the 'farm' back in the Farm Bill. This framework prioritizes crop insurance, increases reference prices, removes Biden's harmful climate guardrails, and invests in rural infrastructure. Senator Marshall, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has been fighting to ensure our Kansas farmers' and ranchers' voices are heard a  more