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Heinrich Chairs MILCON, Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Hearing On Military Infrastructure And Climate Resilience
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, opened today’s hearing on Military Infrastructure and Climate Resilience.
Find a full list of witnesses and a video of today’s hearing by clicking here.
Heinrich’s opening remarks as prepared for delivery:
Good afternoon, everyone.
This hearing of the Military Construction Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee is now called to order.
I’d like to thank our witnesses for being here today:
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms from February 11 to February 19, 2021.
Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storms in the counties of Adams, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Kemper, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Tallahatchie, Walthall, Warren, Winston, and Yazoo and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Georgia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state and
TSA Face Mask Requirement Extended to Sept. 13 By Ralph Ellis
May 3, 2021 The Transportation Safety Administration has extended its face mask mandate for all commuters and travelers another four months to September 13.
The requirement had been scheduled to expire May 11. It went into effect Feb. 2, 2021, and covers “all transportation networks throughout the United States,” including airports and commercial aircraft and bus and rail systems (both national and commuter), the agency said in a news release.
The TSA acknowledged that the U.S. vaccination campaign is making travel safer but said the face mask rule is still needed.
“Right now, about half of all adults have at least one vaccination shot and masks remain an important tool in defeating this pandemic,” Darby LaJoye, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the TSA Administrator, said in the release. “We will continue to work closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to eval