“The Congressional Gold Medal award is among the highest
honors of appreciation and recognition bestowed on an individual, institution,
or event by Congress. In total, 33 tribes from around the country will be
recognized, and over 200 silver medals will be presented to families of code
talkers.”
Missoulian:
House
set to OK bills to speed oil, gas drilling
H.RES.419
Latest Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1965) to streamline
and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty,
and give certainty to oil shale development for American energy security,
economic development, and job creation, and for other purposes, and providing
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2728) to recognize States' authority to
regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security,
development, and job creation.
“The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today issued a final rule requiring lap
and shoulder seat belts for each passenger and driver seat on new motorcoaches
and other large buses. This new rule enhances the safety of these vehicles by
significantly reducing the risk of fatalities and serious injuries in frontal
crashes and the risk of occupant ejection in rollovers.”
