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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the public comment period on the proposed Clean Air Act rules aimed at reducing pollution from the oil and natural gas industry to Jan. 31.

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EPA announces $22 million loan to modernize water infrastructure in Erie County, NY
Erie County, New York was recently awarded a $22 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modernize its water infrastructure.

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EPA awards over $32 million to tribes in Alaska, Pacific Northwest for environmental programs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded over $32 million in grants to help tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington develop environmental protection programs.

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EPA releases plan to fix recycling system ‘in need of critical improvements’
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released the 2021 National Recycling Strategy, an effort to address recycling barriers and create a more efficient system.

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U.S., Mexico collaborate to address Tijuana River Basin pollution in effort that ‘will benefit both countries’
Top officials from the U.S. and Mexico met to discuss a course of action for pollution reduction in the Tijuana River Basin along the U.S.-Mexico border, resulting in a joint statement recognizing its importance for both countries.

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EPA provides $184,000 to tribal schools, child care facilities in Alaska to address lead in drinking water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $184,000 to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium as part of its plan to address unsafe drinking water in tribal schools and childcare facilities..

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EPA proposes actions for renewable fuel to get ‘back in growth mode’
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a package of actions setting biofuels volumes for years 2022, 2021 and 2020, and introducing regulatory changes intended to enhance the program’s objectives.

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E&C Leaders Request Briefings Following Alarming Reports of a Website Encouraging Suicide
News Release: Washington, D.C- Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member...
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E&C Leaders Request Briefings Following Alarming Reports of a Website Encouraging Suicide
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette...

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Pallone on Biden EPA’s Final Clean Cars Rule
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its clean cars rule updating tailpipe emissions standards...

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Biden Administration criticized over water protection rule
Farm groups say the Biden Administration's replacement of the Trump Administration's interpretation of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule gives the government more control over private property.
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E&C Republican Leader Rodgers and Senator Capito Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief in Pending Clean Air Act Supreme Court Case
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led 47 senators and 44 House members on an amicus...

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$1.5 million settlement reached in ‘devastating’ 2019 Massachusetts river fish kill
A North Carolina-based cotton bleaching company has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in a settlement for damages caused by a sulfuric acid spill at its Colrain, Massachusetts facility in 2019.
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E&C Republicans Inquire About Raimondo’s Family Ties to the Chinese Communist Party
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo regarding her reported family ties to the Chinese Communist Party and potential conflicts of interest from those connections.

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Republicans Call Out Biden for Reversing NEPA Reforms
House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) was joined by every committee Republican in a letter to Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, highlighting the necessity of streamlining the National Environmental Policy Act in a timely manner.

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Rodgers, Bilirakis Urge FTC Chair to Embrace Bipartisan Tradition & Avoid an Ill-Conceived Decision-Making Process
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) sent a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan on her recent internal decisions that politicize the agency while harming businesses.

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Pallone Applauds Biden Administration's Lead Action Plan
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Biden Administration’s new Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan

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Committee Leaders Question FCC After Findings Reveal Fraudulent Enrollment in Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
The providers falsely claimed that certain customers’ households had children attending schools participating in the National School Lunch Program’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) in order to obtain EBB funds.

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DeLauro Floor Remarks on Protecting Our Democracy Act
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her leadership, alongside Chairman Schiff, on this very important legislation.

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Democrats Double Down on High Gas Prices and President Biden’s Self-Created Energy Crisis
Democrats in the House just BLOCKED the “Strategic Production Response Act,”which would require the Secretary of Energy to develop a plan to increase domestic oil and gas production if the President draws down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for non-emergency reasons.

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