News from June 2023
Colonial National Historical Park hosts Clean the Bay Day Event
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
On June 3, 2023, Colonial National Historical Park partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to host two litter pickups at separate locations along the Colonial Parkway.
Sixteen companies selected to provide guided river trips along the Colorado River
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Ed Keable announced the National Park Service’s selection of 16 companies to provide guided interpretive multi-day whitewater trips on the Colorado River in the park
Colonial National Historical Park and U.S Coast Guard Honor Memorial Day at Yorktown National Cemetery
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Memorial Day is a day we remember and honor those who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military.
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Opens for the 2023 Season
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The National Park Service announces the 2023 public season at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, including the Summer Arts Festival, historic house tours, family programs, and a special museum exhibit, “Thoroughly Japanese: Charley Longfellow’s Collection.”
Park to Give Presentation on Results of New Study
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
George Washington Birthplace National Monument will host a virtual public talk on June 21, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. t
Community Volunteer Ambassadors: Recruiting for September 2023
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The Volunteer-In-Parks Program is now recruiting paid interns for the 2023 September Cohort of the Community Volunteer Ambassador program!
Comer Statement on FBI’s Refusal to Comply with Congressional Subpoena
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
Oversight Committee will now take steps to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt of Congress
Wenstrup Requests Unredacted COVID-19 Origins Documents from HHS
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is requesting two, unredacted documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to further assist in the Select Subcommittee’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the Communist Party of China’s cover up.
ICYMI: Former AG Barr Refutes Democrats’ Lies That Biden Bribery Investigation Was Closed
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
“It’s not true. It wasn’t closed down.”
Hearing Wrap Up: Asset Managers Prioritize Damaging ESG Measures, Risking Americans’ Hard-Earned Money & Energy Security
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a joint hearing titled “ESG Part II: The Cascading Impacts of ESG Compliance” to examine how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives impact businesses, consumers, and retirees.
Senator Collins Questions National Guard Chief on Classified Information Leak by Massachusetts Airman
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Senator Susan Collis, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Chief of the National Guard Bureau General Daniel Hokanson on the recent accusation against a member of the Massachusetts’ Air National Guard for leaking classified documents in an online chat group.
Senator Collins’ Statement on Nomination of CQ Brown to Serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, released this statement following the announcement that United States Air Force General Charles Q. "CQ" Brown has been nominated by President Biden as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
Senator Collins Stresses Need to Arm Taiwan for Self-Defense, Replenish U.S. Military Stockpiles to Deter China
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
At a full Appropriations Committee hearing to review the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request related to U.S.-China policy, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on U.S. military stockpiles affected by obligations of legislation to provide Taiwan with means to defend itself
Senator Collins Calls for Proportional Fielding of New Aircraft to National Guard and Reserves
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the National Guard and Reserve Components, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, engaged with Chief of the Air Force Reserve Lieutenant General John Healy on the importance of fielding new modernized aircraft, to include tankers and fighters, in a manner that is concurrent and proportional to the Guard and Reserve’s operational contribution to the Department of Defense.
Murray and Collins Plan to Begin Bipartisan Senate Appropriations Markups in June
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
On May 17, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced their plans to hold markups of bipartisan funding bills in June.
ICYMI: Senate Appropriations Hearing Makes Clear: Undercutting American Investments Forfeits Future to China
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
ICYMI: As Competition with China Intensifies, Senator Murray Makes Clear: America Cannot Stay Ahead Unless Our Investments Keep Pace – MORE HERE
Wyoming’s Kelly Norris Testifies in Senate on Wildfire Risk
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
On June 8, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), welcomed Ms. Kelly Norris, Wyoming Interim State Forester, to the committee. Ms. Norris testified at a legislative hearing to examine the federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention.
Manchin Joins Groundbreaking of Form Energy Factory in Weirton, WV, Made Possible by Inflation Reduction Act
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
On May 26, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Form Energy Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mateo Jaramillo, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, West Virginia Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael and other Form Energy and West Virginia leaders at the groundbreaking for Form Energy’s new iron-air battery manufacturing plant in Weirton, West Virginia.
ICYMI: Manchin Secures MVP in Debt Ceiling Agreement
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
On May 28, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on his securement of the Mountain Valley Pipeline into the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
Manchin Evaluates Reforms to Federal Land Management and Wildland Firefighter Recruitment and Retention
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
On June 8, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearin