by Shelby Fleig | Apr 27, 2018 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON — A House Appropriations subcommittee grilled U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt Thursday afternoon on his deregulation agenda and spending habits. Even though Pruitt is under fire amid a number of ethics scandals —...
by Shelby Fleig | Apr 20, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Congress should end a practice that puts the federal or state government at risk of paying for expensive coal mine cleanups when mining companies go bankrupt, according to a new finding by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The GAO,...
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by Shelby Fleig | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, Health
Brian Mendell committed suicide at age 25 because he was ashamed of his opioid addiction, despite not having used drugs in more than a year, his father told a House subcommittee Thursday as he demanded that Congress pass laws to fight the epidemic. Mendell is one of...
