WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center and four collaborators. The collaborators were Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, Food and Water Watch and Food Animal Concerns Trust: * * * To: U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Regulatory Analysis and Development,   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from GreenLatinos: * * * To: Marcy Card Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460-000195812 Re: Comments on the Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for Vinyl Chloride; Docket Number: EPA-HQ-O  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Releases Statement on Vote to Avoid Government Shutdown WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Angus King today released the below statement following his vote to advance a Continuing Resolution funding the government and averting a government shutdown "This afternoon the Senate has to take a very important and difficult vote. It's a choice between two terrible options: the no good, very bad Conti  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 12, 2022, from 15 attorneys general: * * * ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, IOWA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, NEW JERSEY, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, AND WASHINGTON To: Dr. Steven Cliff, Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen-Collins Legislation to Restore DC Funding Passes Senate Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of legislation he and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) authored to fix the Republican funding bill provision that caps D.C.'s use of its own local funding : "The District of Columbia should be able to make its own decisi  more