Government Executive |
Dozens of lawmakers from both parties do not want to take any chances in ensuring federal employees are taken care of during a shutdown, pushing legislation that would guarantee back pay for anyone furloughed during an appropriations lapse.
Sixty-six members of Congress have already signed on to the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, which was… Read more »
Huff Post |
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has often said that he’s not afraid of a fight.
In an interview with Breitbart News last month, the former Montana congressman and Navy SEAL dismissed reports that his days in the Trump administration were numbered as nothing more than rumors.
“I’ve been in a lot of firefights. I don’t mind getting shot at,” he said. “It is… Read more »
The Hill |
Democratic lawmakers joined conservation groups Saturday in cheering President Trump’s announcement that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is leaving his job by the end of the year.
Zinke’s departure comes as Democrats prepare to take over as the majority in the House, which included gearing up to challenge policies created under… Read more »
Newsweek |
Donald Trump’s Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will be leaving his post at the end of the year and top Democrat Chuck Schumer says “the swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without him.”
“Ryan Zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet in the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the [government] like it was… Read more »
Mother Jones |
On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that his Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, will be leaving his position in the coming weeks.
Zinke’s tenure overseeing the nation’s public lands has been controversial and has resulted in a number of federal investigations. (He reportedly used taxpayer money to purchase a $139,000 door, for example.)… Read more »
The Hill |
Nearly 100 Democratic lawmakers called on President Trump to back federal climate change initiatives.
In a letter, 96 House members urged Trump to heed warnings included in his administration’s national climate assessment released last month which spoke of the harsh economic repercussions climate change would reap on the U.S.
“We write to convey our… Read more »
The Hill |
A major Republican donor gave former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt $50,000 for his legal defense fund before he stepped down in July.
In an ethics filing the EPA released Thursday, Justina Fugh, the agency’s top ethics official, said the donation was “believed to be in cash” and that Pruitt did not seek ethics advice on receiving it.… Read more »
The Hill |
The Trump administration took a major step Friday toward allowing testing for offshore oil and natural gas under the Atlantic Ocean.
The National Marine Fisheries Service, part of the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is letting five companies commit “incidental” harassment of marine mammals like whales and dolphins as part of… Read more »
McClatchy |
The Trump administration on Friday approved permits for seismic testingon the Atlantic Coast, a prelude to offshore oil drilling and move that is sure to antagonize Republican governors and lawmakers in the Southeast, whose support the president will need in a 2020 re-election bid.
The National Marine Fisheries Service, an arm of the U.S. Commerce Department,… Read more »
Falls Church News Press |
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, who represents the 8th District of Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, issued the following statement today on the National Climate Assessment, after the Trump Administration’s release of that document over a holiday weekend: “The National Climate Assessment makes it clear that climate change is killing Americans… Read more »
