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A Senate Appropriations subcommittee examined the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety policy after concerns were published in a recent Politico investigative report. The report found …

The Senate rejected a resolution to repeal rules set by the Department of Education for charter schools, and members also confirmed Francisco Mora’s nomination be an Organization of American…

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the collapse and bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He called on Congr…

The Senate approved the nomination of Jeffery Hopkins to be a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Ohio. Members also voted to limit debate on two U.S. circuit judge nominations:…

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Indian leaders testified about the damage done by federal Native American boarding schools created to acculturate native children starting in the 1870s. Th…

The Senate confirmed two judicial nominations: Frances Kay Behm, U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; and Kelley Brisbon Hodge, U.S. district judge for the Eastern Distr…

Senator John Hoeven (R), Katrina Christiansen (D), and Rick Becker (I), candidates in the 2022 North Dakota U.S. Senate race, participated in a debate hosted by Prairie Public Broadcasting. …

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act, which aims to give oversight of the cryptocurrency industry to the Commodity Futures Tradi…

The Senate approved changes to a global climate agreement to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, which are gases commonly used in air conditioning and refrigerators. Members also voted in favor of li…

The Senate continued work on judicial nominations, including confirming Sarah Merriam’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Members also confirmed David Pekoski t…

The Senate approved the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democratic bill on tax policy, health care, and climate change. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding to break …

The Senate approved a resolution from Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) to repeal a White House Council on Environmental Quality rule changing the federal environmental permitting process. Members…

Senate Republicans Dan Sullivan (AK), John Barrasso (WY), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), and John Hoeven (ND) held a news conference to discuss the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regul…

Western water and forestry experts testified at a a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources hearing on a growing crisis in the western states…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on agriculture policy. Addressing an ongoing baby formula shortage, Secretary Vi…

The Senate confirmed Michael Barr’s nominations to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and Federal Reserve vice chair for Supervision. They also voted to limit debate…

Pentagon and military officials testified at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for military family housing. Topics included base housing liv…

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said domestic oil production has increased in the United States over the last year as she addressed concerns over energy production and prices. Her statement c…

The Senate confirmed three nominations: Nina Morrison, U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of New York; Todd Harper, member of the National Credit Union Administration; and Am…

Canadian officials, including the Canadian minister of natural resources, and Alberta, Canada Premier Jason Kenney, testified at a Senate Energy Committee hearing on the importance of streng…