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Stanislaus County will soon receive funds through an Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) supported by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Emergency Rental Assistance program makes available $25 billion to assist households unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds are provided directly to States, U.S. Territories, local governments, and Indian tribes. Government agencies must use these funds to provide assistance to eligible households through rental assistance programs.
According to information on the Stanislaus County website, the Stanislaus region will be receiving a combined amount of roughly $16,400,000 for distribution to those who are eligible and can demonstrate a need. The Emergency Rental Assistance program will be facilitated lo
Harder appointed to House Appropriations Committee Powerful committee responsible for all funding legislation Rep. Josh Harder will serve on the House Appropriations Committee during his second term in Congress.
Heading into his second term as District 10’s representative, Congressman Josh Harder will serve on one of the most powerful House committees after being appointed by his colleagues last week.
Harder’s fellow representatives on the House Steering and Policy Committee appointed him to the House Appropriations Committee on Dec. 18, making the Turlock native the first Democratic member of Congress from the Central Valley to serve there in almost 50 years. According to a release from Harder’s office, the Congressman plans on using his new role to advocate for more federal support for water infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture and other Valley priorities.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Some of the COVID-19 graphics presented in the above articles have been updated below.
Also, mentioned in two articles near the end of the disease collection is that there is a new strain of the virus circulating in southeast England that is 70% more infectious than the common strain. Since these news collections were assembled, England has locked down London and several European countries have restricted travelers from the country. I expect that we ll have more news on that in this coming week.
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‘Centrist’ Dems miss their chance to be unifiers December 21, 2020 9:35 AM CDT By John Wojcik
In a secret Steering Committee vote for nominees to key House Energy and Commerce Committee, Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voted to bar New York s progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a leader in the fight for Green New Deal and Medicare for All. | J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Quick to condemn progressive Democrats for not exercising enough care to build party unity, centrist and conservative House Democrats, when given their chance to preserve party unity, instead voted by secret ballot Friday to bar New York’s progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from securing a seat on the important Energy and Commerce Committee.
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As has been covered here at RedState, the House Democrat Caucus is in the process of assigning members to Committee seats, a process that is carried out by the House Steering Committee. The Democrat Party loves to spend money, so the Committees that have the most influence over spending tend to be highly sought after assignments. In the House, that generally means the Appropriations, Ways and Means, and the Energy and Commerce Committees.
My colleague Streiff covered the story that broke last Friday night about AOC expecting to get a seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee but losing her bid to another New Yorker who made a late bid for the same seat, Rep. Kathleen Rice from Long Island. It wasn’t surprising that another House Democrat would want that seat given the influence the Energy and Commerce Committee has over massive amounts of the economy. But what was surprising was that Rep. Rice would be that other House Member and that she