WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Attorneys general in 13 states submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy expressing objections to the agency's notice of proposed rulemaking entitled "Zero-Based Regulating." The letter challenges DOE's proposal to add conditional sunset dates to regulations across 28 parts of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations pursuant to Executive Order No. 14270, issued on April 9, 2025, which directs agencies to include expiration provisions in specif  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture released the following written testimony by Travis Joseph, president and CEO of the American Forest Resource Council, Portland, Oregon, from a July 25, 2026, hearing entitled "Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest System": * * * Chairman Newhouse and Ranking Member Salinas, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity. On behalf of the forest products industry   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * No Conservative Support for Bernie Moreno's Giant Tax Increase A week after its unveiling with Elizabeth Warren, no elected or unelected conservative has endorsed Bernie Moreno's $3 trillion tax increase which would impose a 56% all-in rate on Ohio small businesses and kill 1.8 million jobs nationwide. In fact the conservative opposition to the tax hike is broad and deep. Let's review who does support the M  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's Draft Endangered Species Act Fungicide Strategy. As a representative of California fresh fruit growers and shippers, including significant table grape producers, the association expressed support for EPA's goal of creating a transparent and workable ESA compliance framework while emphasizing the need for regional and crop-speci  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The California Strawberry Commission, Watsonville, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's draft Fungicide Strategy to Protect Endangered Species from Fungicides. The CSC represents all strawberry growers, shippers, and processors in California, whose production constitutes about 90 percent of the strawberries consumed in the United States. The letter, signed by Amrith Gunasekara, Director of Regulatory Affairs,  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act Protects Consumers and Businesses from Coast to Coast BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Organized retail crime is harming American consumers, businesses and employees nationwide. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, led by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- A group of 68 disability advocacy organizations operating as Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities has voiced opposition in a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Justice's interim final rule that extends compliance deadlines for the 2024 regulation on nondiscrimination concerning web content and mobile applications accessibility. The rule impacts recipients of Departmental financial assistance and was designed to ensure equitable access for people with d  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert: * * * Name of Product: CVS Health Medicated Hemorrhoidal Wipes Hazard: The recalled medicated wipes contain lidocaine, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The packaging of the wipes is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents of the wipes are ingested by young children. Remedy: Refund R  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert: * * * Name of Product: VEVOR baby loungers Hazard: The recalled baby loungers violate the mandatory safety standard for infant sleep products. The sides are too low to contain an infant and the enclosed openings at the foot of the loungers are wider than allowed, posing serious risks of fall and entrapment hazards to infants. In addition, the baby loungers do not have a stand, posing a fall hazard   more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Litigation Llop v. FEC (Case No. 26-51) On June 17, Plaintiff filed an Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al. (Case No. 24-621) On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issu  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- KillChain Inc., San Francisco, California, operating as FLINT Network, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network regarding the joint proposed rulemaking on customer identification programs for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. The letter, written by Joseph Taylor, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, addresses related inputs requested by the Office of the Comptroller of the Cu  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Friends of Animals, a non-profit international advocacy organization based in New York, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service opposing a proposed rule to expand hunting and sport fishing across 111 units of the National Wildlife Refuge System for 2026-2027. The organization warns that the proposal contradicts the conservation mission of the NWRS and could jeopardize numerous wildlife species and their habitats  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expressing opposition to the proposed rule to open or expand more than 1,450 hunting opportunities across 107 units of the National Wildlife Refuge System and four units of the National Fish Hatchery System for the 2026-2027 season. The proposal, announced on May 27, 2026, includes the first-time opening of hunting in fourteen National Wildlife Ref  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, posted the following news release: * * * Labor Unions, Nonprofits, Cities, and Counties Seek Injunction to Stop Impending U.S. Department of Agriculture Reorganization San Francisco - A broad coalition of nationwide labor unions, non-profit organizations, and cities and counties from across the country moved for  more

HAMILTON, Ontario, July 4 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere, researchers find The earliest Indigenous populations in the Americas had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, archeologists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and McMaster found. - New research led by archeologists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and McMaster University reveals  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture released the following written testimony by Modoc County (California) Supervisor Ned Coe, on behalf of the National Association of Counties, from a July 25, 2026, hearing entitled "Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest System": * * * Chair Thompson, Subcommittee Chair Newhouse, Ranking Member Salinas and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding today's hearing examining  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, July 3 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * Requested Medical Aid Bound for Venezuela to Support Health Needs, Post Earthquake * Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 514 shipments of requested medical aid to 46 U.S. states and territories and 22 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 17.1 million defined daily doses of medication Medications and supplies shipped this week included treatments for rare and chron  more

MILPITAS, California, July 5 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: * * * SEMI Projects 300mm Memory Equipment Investment to Surpass $50 Billion in 2026 AI-driven Demand for HBM, DDR5 and Data Storage Lifts Memory Investment Outlook, With Spending Projected to Approach $80 Billion by 2029 - Worldwide 300mm fab equipment investment in the memory sector is projected to surpass $50 billion for the first ti  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Teamsters California, Los Angeles, has submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration challenging a new federal rule that prohibits most noncitizens, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals holders, from obtaining or renewing commercial driver's licenses. The organization represents 250,000 workers across multiple industries and asserts that the rule unfairly harms thousands of experienced drivers without improving road safety.  more