WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund issued the following news: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced an agreement to issue three guarantees worth $498 million under the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, the largest issuance in the program's history. The CDFI Bond Guarantee program provides long-term, fixed-rate capital for projects in low-income urban, r  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Broad range of leaders and advocates voice support for Biden-Harris Administration final rule to replace lead pipes within 10 Years * * * On October 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) also require more rigorous tes  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 12 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Oct. 10, 2024, in a Univision town hall with Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo: * * * MR. ACEVEDO: Madam Vice President, bienvenida. Welcome. (Applause.) THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. MR. ACEVEDO: Thank you again for doing this. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. MR. ACEVEDO: (Speaks Spanish.) (No translation provided. Madam Vice President, again, thank you, and welcome. THE VICE PRESIDENT  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Oct. 12 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Oct. 11, 2024, by Senior Deputy Press Secretary Emilie Simons and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan while en route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin: * * * Transcript of Press Gaggle by Senior Deputy Press Secretary Emilie Simons and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan En Route MS. SIMONS: All right. Good morning, everyone. Given the projected trajecto  more