Lawmakers Organize ‘Extreme Heat Caucus’

• A bipartisan effort is organizing to launch the Congressional Extreme Heat Caucus in an attempt to find legislative solutions for deadly temperatures.
• “We hope this caucus can make sure the United States is better prepared for the inevitable increase in temperatures, not just in Arizona and the Southwest but all across the country,” Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) told E&E News/Politico.
• Along with Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Janelle Bynum (D-OR) and Joe Neguse (D-CO), the caucus aims to improve the country’s preparedness for increasing temperatures and reduce heat-related illnesses and deaths.
• The caucus is also working on legislation to quantify the economic costs of extreme heat, including health care, infrastructure damage, and lost productivity.
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Labor’s Chavez Says Inspector, Investigator Jobs Exempt From Cuts

• Inspectors and investigators from both OSHA and MSHA are exempt from the federal government’s deferred resignation program, according to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
• Testifying in a May 22 Senate subcommittee meeting on the Department of Labor’s FY2026 budget, Chavez said those employees are exempted from “that program because they are essential to the Department of Labor for enforcement,”
• In response to a question on three potential MSHA office closures in West Virginia, she told the Senate Appropriations Committee that “it’s a critical mission to keep our investigators and inspectors to be there, to make sure they’re assisting, to make sure our miners are safe.”
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