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Former administrators from the Environmental Protection Agency are encouraging Congress to help EPA rebuild its cadre of scientific talent. They said they’ve observed dwindling employee morale in recent years and said political appointees have often sidelined the expertise of career employees. Former EPA administrators told the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congress could set specific guidelines into law that might better manage transparency and integrity standards at all scientific agencies throughout any administration.
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Major unions and one of their leading allies in the U.S. Senate are hailing tens of billions of dollars allocated for shoring up struggling union pension funds.
The funding added to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, dubbed the Butch-Lewis Act, would provide $86 billion to dozens of failing union pension plans across the country, including the Teamsters, carpenters, builders, and more. Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown said Tuesday the funding will save tens of thousands of Ohioans their pensions “earned over a lifetime.” He said he called some of those with pensions last weekend.
A Nation Divided
Renee Shaw and guests discuss political conflicts following the 2020 Presidential election. Guests: Russell Coleman, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky; Ben Chandler, former Congressman KY-6; John Yarmuth, Congressman KY-3; James Comer, Congressman KY-1; Holly Harris, Executive Director, Justice Action Network; and Gerald Smith, Ph.D., University of Kentucky History Professor. S28 E3 Length 56:33 Premiere: 1.18.21
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Working to Find Common Ground in an Era of Political Conflict
On Wednesday, Jan. 6, Congressman James Comer (KY-1) was on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, participating in the Electoral College vote count that would make Democrat Joe Biden the next president of the United States.