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More crosswalks near Sacramento schools. Help for the police in Elk Grove. Improvements to the Fair Oaks community clubhouse. And more. The $1.5 trillion federal spending bill President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday gets very specific about projects in the Sacramento area that will get some of that money.
A bipartisan group of 147 senators and House members have signed onto a letter to leadership in both chambers calling for quick action to approve the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, which would provide $52 billion in funding to help revitalize U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing.
While congressional leaders work to shore up support for $14 billion in aid to Ukraine, some lawmakers have sent a letter urging a fresh focus on China — and America’s reliance on semiconductors from Asia.
A bipartisan group of more than 140 U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged leaders in Congress to approve $52 billion in government subsidies for semiconductor chips production and research.
The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition is launching a new task force today focused on natural climate solutions and the restoration of oceans and public lands, according to details shared exclusively with The Climate 202.
Democratic leaders in the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) criticized the United States Postal Service for its plans to purchase a predominantly fossil fuel-powered fleet rather than investing in electric vehicles.
Congressional Spectrum Caucus co-Chair Rep. Doris Matsui of California and seven other House Commerce Committee Democrats urged President Joe Biden Friday to quickly nominate a U.S. chief technology officer “to support the development and execution of the Administration’s spectrum” policy.
FIRST IN MT: DEMOCRATS PRESS BIDEN ON PICKING CTO — Several House Energy and Commerce Democrats are urging Biden to fast-track the nomination of a U.S. chief technology officer, a federal post they say could help clean up the chaos over 5G airwaves.
The Siemens Mobility Sacramento train factory stands to get more orders as the federal bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act pushes more money toward transit, said Sacramento Congresswoman Doris Matsui, in front of the first partially assembled low-floor light rail car bound for Sacramento Regional Transit.
This year, Roe Day doesn’t quite feel like a celebration. It’s 2022—almost five decades after the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. And yet today in Texas, abortion has been outlawed for the vast majority of those who need one.