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Representative Peter DeFazio said his infrastructure legislation is a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to move our transportation planning out of the 1950s and toward our clean energy future."

House Democrats and Republicans seek more than $20 billion in earmarks as once-maligned practice returns By Tony Romm and Alyssa Fowers Washington Post,Updated May 14, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in June. DeLauro, the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, unveiled a proposal for bringing back the earmark practice.DOUG MILLS/NYT WASHINGTON — The return of congressional earmarks has spa...

Wed, 04/21/2021 - 11:29am -- tim Vermonts elected leaders released the following statements Tuesday evening, April 20, 2021, on the guilty verdicts convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder for the death of George Floyd. Statement from Governor Phil Scott “George Floyd’s death was a tragedy, and although today’s verdict brings some justice, there is still so much more work to achieve a truly just society. “We cannot treat the racism that led to Mr. Floyd’s m...

Wyden to push FEMA on wildfire assistance denials While the high rates of denial are on par with previous natural disasters, Wyden said the situation deserves more scrutiny. Posted: Feb 17, 2021 10:59 AM Updated: Feb 17, 2021 11:26 AM Posted By: Jacob Roberts EUGENE, Ore. – Sen. Ron Wyden said Wednesday he will pressure the Federal Emergency Management Agency for answers after an Oregon Public Broadcasting report revealed more than half of applications for wildfire assistance in the state w...

UN chief commends ‘swift action’ by Nigerian authorities as more than 300 boys are reunited with their families A 14 year-old former child soldier draws at a school in Ndenga village, Kaga Bandoro, Central African Republic (Image by UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin) The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of more than 300 schoolboys forcibly taken from their school in northwest Nigeria a week ago, although others ...

Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations has welcomed the release of 344 schoolboys forcibly taken away from their school in northwest Nigeria a week ago. After the release of the boys, kidnapped by armed men from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara on 11 December, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the “ immediate and unconditional release of those who remain abducted”. In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Mr. Guterres comm...