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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following reports that the Supreme Court has circulated a draft decision overturning its 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade...
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EPA Announces Winners of its Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of its tenth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college students in the design of on-campus green infrastructure solutions to address stormwater pollution.
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EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver for E15 Sales

As part of President Biden’s commitment to providing Americans relief from market supply issues created by Putin’s unprovoked war in Ukraine, today the U.S.
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EPA Issues Notice of Intent to Suspend the Herbicide DCPA

Today, the U.S.
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Guthrie: “I Am Increasingly Concerned that HHS Has Lost its Way Since President Biden Took Office.”

Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on HHS’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget.
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Rodgers, Banks, & Wenstrup Lead QALY Ban to Affirm Every Person’s Life has Value

RSC Chairman Jim Banks said: “Republicans belong to the party of life.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at DOE Budget Hearing with Secretary Granholm

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 DOE Budget:”
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McCollister on grant: 'The program’s mentorship community will set up its students for success'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 office recently announced that nearly $200,000 in grant funds have been awarded to Heartland Conservation Alliance (HCA).
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'Engagement from the public has strengthened our work': EPA continues review of Upper Hudson River

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started its third five-year review of the Upper Hudson River PCB cleanup efforts.
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Guzman: 'Recycle City has provided a fun opportunity for students to learn' for 25 years

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the 25th anniversary of the Recycle City Educational Initiative.
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Republican Leaders Urge CMS to Reconsider Limiting Access to Lifesaving Cures

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Republican leaders of the Senate and House Committees with oversight of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are raising concerns with a recent decision to severely restrict coverage of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Alzheimer’s treatment and any similar future treatments, in a disturbing break with precedent.
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Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries discussed on May 2 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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“House Committee Meetings” published by the Congressional Record on April 29

“House Committee Meetings“ was published in the Daily Digest section on page D447 on April 29
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on May 2

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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EPA Awards Grants to Virginia Indian Tribes for Sustainable Materials Management

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe, of King William, Virginia, and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe Eastern Division, both of Providence Forge, Virginia, have each been awarded grants to support diversion of food and other organic waste to composting programs instead of landfills.
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Federal Government and State of Colorado finalize settlement with Mining Companies at the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund Site in Colorado

Under the agreement, Sunnyside and Kinross will pay $40,950,000 to the United States and $4,050,000 to the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.
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EPA Holds Virtual Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting in May

EPA will hold a virtual public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on May 25-26, 2022.Meeting topics will include:EPA’s response to recommendations made by the PPDC at the October 2021 meeting on managing pesticide resistance, supporting farmworker and clinician training, responding to emerging viral pathogens, and regulating emerging agricultural technologies.Next steps for implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) workplan, as well as recent updates to the Bulletins Live!
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E&C Republicans Press NIH to Investigate Peter Daszak and EcoHealth Alliance for Research Cover-Up and Possible Fraud

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
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Energy Subcommittee Leader Upton Opening Remarks on Biden’s Energy Crisis

Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm for the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on HHS Budget with Secretary Becerra

I am pleased to have Secretary Becerra before us today to discuss the Biden Administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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