December 04, 2013, 04:36 pm
By Ramsey Cox
A group of Democratic lawmakers urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy Wednesday to reduce pollutants known to cause climate change.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) led 16 other lawmakers in writing a letter to McCarthy, where they asked her to use the agency’s authority to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbon (HFCs) compounds.
December 04, 2013, 01:15 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat small farmers fairly in new food safety regulations.
Hagan said recent rules proposed by the FDA were unclear on whether a farm could qualify for small-operations food safety requirements.
December 04, 2013, 09:40 am
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said Tuesday that ObamaCare subsidies are a “fraudster's dream come true.”
Hatch’s comments came after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)...
December 03, 2013, 04:08 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said he was concerned that new technologies in cars could violate privacy protections or be hacked.
“As vehicles become more integrated with wireless technology, there are more avenues through which a hacker could introduce malicious code, and more avenues through which a driver’s basic right to privacy could be compromised,” Markey wrote in a letter to 20 car manufacturers.
December 03, 2013, 10:56 am
By Ramsey Cox
“The House bill is better than nothing, but it’s not good enough,” the New York Dem said.
December 02, 2013, 04:32 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) announced Monday that she supports a bill aimed at delaying flood insurance rate increases.
A bipartisan group of senators have introduced Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which would delay flood insurance rate hikes for at least four years.
December 02, 2013, 01:26 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Monday that it is “inexcusable” that there are weaknesses in the cybersecurity system of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“We spend billions of taxpayer dollars on federal information technology every year,” said Coburn, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “It is inexcusable to put the safety and security of our nation and its citizens at risk in this manner.”
December 02, 2013, 12:01 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Some Senate Democrats have renewed their calls for increases in food assistance, especially during the holiday season.
Sens. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) said they would increase their efforts to restore cuts made to the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps.
November 27, 2013, 12:26 pm
By Pete Kasperowicz
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Monday will introduce legislation that would reduce by three the number of Washington, D.C., Circuit Court judges.
November 25, 2013, 12:27 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) urged President Obama Sunday to “reverse course” on a nuclear deal with Iran.
Over the weekend, the administration announced a deal to stop Iran from enriching uranium, an effort to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons.
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