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MUSICAL CHAIRS: Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) announced Monday he will resign next month to take a position as the head of Ohio’s Chamber of Commerce, which, like unbuttoning the jeans after a big meal, makes Democrats’ already slim majority in the House a little bit more comfortable.
Environmental Management Enters New Era With Release Of 2021 Priorities To Advance Cleanup Mission - 5:30 am
Crews demolish Building 9210 at the 1940’s-era Biology Complex at the Oak Ridge Site. Courtesy/DOE
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Department of EnergyOffice of Environmental Management Monday released its Calendar Year 2021 Mission and Priorities, a key marker to the program’s continuing success in addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons production and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.
The Calendar Year 2021 Mission and Priorities outlines a new list of specific planned accomplishments across the cleanup complex for the coming year. Built on significant achievements in 2020, the Calendar Year 2021 Mission and Priorities marks a new era for EM that will continue progress in addressing environmental risks and financial liabilities, while advancing EM’s obligations to the communities that played such an important role in U.S. secur
Congress approves $2.6 billion Hanford budget. It’s far more than Trump administration proposal. By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald
Published: December 26, 2020, 3:36pm
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Both the House and Senate have approved spending almost $2.6 billion at the Hanford nuclear reservation for fiscal 2021.
The spending bill passed Monday as part of a $2.3 trillion package to provide relief from the coronavirus and to pay for government operations for fiscal 2021, which began Oct. 1
The Department of Energy has been spending at levels approved for fiscal 2020.
Now the bill, goes to President Trump for his signature.
“Overall, it’s a great bill for the Tri-Cities’ DOE priorities, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the fantastic support we received from Sen. (Patty) Murray, Sen. (Maria) Cantwell, and Congressman Dan Newhouse,” said David Reeploeg, vice president of federal programs for the Tri-City Development Council.