WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requesting comments on the draft 2025 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System drinking water general permit. This permit will authorize wastewater discharges from drinking water treatment facilities located in Indian country and lands of exclusive federal jurisdiction within EPA Region 8. This is the first reissuance of the DWGP, and the EPA proposes to issue the permit for a five-year period. The DWGP provides c  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado, issued the following floor remarks on June 5, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2931. We have allowed sanctuary cities to openly defy Federal immigration law for far too long. There must be real consequences for it. I thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Finstad) for introducing this importan  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following floor remarks on June 5, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, after decades of pledging Never Again, we are watching the vile presence of anti-Semitism rear its ugly head once again. First, the unthinkable happened 2 weeks ago here in the streets of the Nation's Capital when two staffers from the Israeli Embassy, Yar  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, issued the following floor remarks on June 5, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025, introduced by Representative Finstad. This legislation does exactly what is necessary to ensure SBA employees are safe. Despite inheriting one of the most secure borde  more