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Today's News from the U.S. Senate

Murkowski, Sinema Bill Improves Workplace Safety for Social Workers and Health Professionals
Source: Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - AK)
November 19, 2019
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen workplace protections for social workers and behavioral and home health professionals. The Senators’ bipartisan Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act of 2019 establishes a grant program to fund workplace safety programs for social workers and health professionals, ensuring these public servants can continue doing their jobs safely.

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MURPHY, TOOMEY, MANCHIN IN USA TODAY: WE'RE READY TO RESUME BIPARTISAN GUN BACKGROUND CHECK TALKS WITH TRUMP ANYTIME
Source: Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
November 19, 2019
“We represented an unlikely trio of senators to be at the center of these deliberations. There aren’t many controversial issues upon which the three of us — a conservative Republican, a progressive Democrat and a conservative Democrat — could find agreement,” the senators wrote.

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In Stunning Admission, FBI Says It Should Have Addressed Chinese Talent Recruitment Programs Sooner
Source: Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)
November 19, 2019
During a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) bipartisan hearing entitled “Securing the U.S. Research Enterprise from China’s Talent Recruitment Plans” chaired by Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) John Brown confirmed that the FBI should have taken more rapid and comprehensive action in addressing China’s strategic plan to acquire knowledge and intellectual property from researchers, scientists, and the U.S. private sector through their talent recruitment programs. The hearing focused on the new bipartisan report which documents how American taxpayers have been unwittingly funding the rise of China’s economy and military over the last two decades while federal agencies have done little to stop it

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Risch Energy Bills Advance to the Full Senate
Source: Senator James E. Risch (R-ID)
November 19, 2019
“Strengthening our cybersecurity technologies and nuclear energy hybrid systems are important components to ensuring U.S. energy leadership at home and abroad,” said Senator Risch. “I thank Chairman Murkowski for bringing these important bills before the committee and I look forward to seeing them advance to the full Senate for a vote.”

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Rounds and Thune Join Colleagues to Call on EPA to Provide Clarity on Biogenic Carbon Emissions
Source: Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD)
November 19, 2019
U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) joined a number of their colleagues to send a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting clarity on the regulatory treatment of biogenic carbon emissions produced from feedstocks such as corn and soybeans. This clarity will remove an obstacle to investment in rural America.

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Sasse Statement on Arrests of Epstein's Guards
Source: Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE)
November 19, 2019
“These arrests are important, but they’re not the end of this: These guards aren’t the only ones who should stand trial - every one of Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators should be spending the rest of their lives behind bars.”

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