Lawmakers push congressional leaders to protect WIC program in 2024
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More than 150 members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate encourage protection of WIC in the 2024 fiscal year.
Search Results for Abigail Spanberger
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Legislation would streamline NRCS approval of conservation processes for farmers
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The process for the NRCS to approve new conservation practices is slow, bureaucratic and without clear guidelines.
Lawmakers push DoD on implementing policy of federal firefighters trading shifts
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The Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act was signed into law by the president two years ago as part of the 2022 NDAA.
Virginia to receive more than $2.6M in federal funding to reduce methane emissions
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The Inflation Reduction Act will provide Virginia with more than $2.6 million to help reduce methane emissions and restore well sites.
Legislation would incentivize American-based pharmaceutical companies to increase production
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Nearly 80 percent of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are outside of the US. New legislation would encourage American-based.
National Defense Authorization Act 2024 includes crack down on fentanyl trafficking in U.S.
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Today’s passage by the U.S. House and by the U.S. Senate yesterday of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2024 includes a crack down on fentanyl.
Professionals working in substance use disorder field may soon have student loans forgiven
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A majority of the U.S. House passed a bipartisan effort reauthorizing and increasing funding for the Substance Use Disorder loan repayment program.
U.S. House passes legislation to allow whole milk in public school cafeterias again
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The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act is bipartisan legislation that would allow flavored and unflavored whole milk in participating schools.
Lawmakers push Biden Administration for expansion of OTC birth control access
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In July 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved “Opill,” the first over-the-counter birth control pill, available in early 2024.
$729M in federal funding secured for Phase 2 of Transforming Rail in Virginia projects
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Federal funding has been secured to complete the Transforming Rail in Virginia (TRV) Phase 2 projects in the amount of $729 million.
