WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Kim Lead Members of NJ Congressional Delegation in Letter to PJM Interconnection (PJM) Raising Serious Concerns over Rate Increase Impacting New Jersey Families NEWARK, N.J. - This afternoon, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) led a letter alongside seven members of New Jersey's congressional delegation to PJM Interconnection (PJM), New Jersey's regional transmission organization  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Applauds House Passage of Resolutions to Repeal California's Radical EV Mandate WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the House of Representatives' passage of joint resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal California's EV waivers that   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Joins Risch, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Stand Up for Israel at the UN WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and a number of her Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the Stand with Israel Act, legislation to cut off U.S. funding to UN agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend,  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Votes to Repeal Biden-Era Rule Prohibiting Reclassification of Major Sources To watch Chairman Capito's floor remarks, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, voted to overturn the Biden Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Review of Final  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following 22-page public communication dated March 3, 2025, from Environmental Defense Fund. Here are excerpts: * * * To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Nonrulemaking Docket: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) Docket No. DOE-HQ-2024-0082 * * * COMMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND REGARDING SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR T  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Kentucky Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by September Drought ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP)organizations in Kentucky of the June 2 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by the drought be  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Announces New State Directors for the Farm Service Agency and Rural Development (Washington, D.C., May 2, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the latest slate of presidential appointments for key Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) State Director roles. "When America's farming communities prosper, the entire nation thrives. This  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Leaders Recognize EPA's 100 Monumental Actions in First 100 Days of Trump Administration WASHINGTON - This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin recognized the historic first 100 days of the Trump administration by releasing 100 environmental actions taken by EPA since Jan. 20 th to advance the agency's core mission of protecting human hea  more