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The EPA responded to the New Mexico governor and acted to address PFAS under a new hazardous waste law.
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'A major priority': EPA begins environmental reviews of Vermont sites

The EPA began reviews of Burlington and Williston, Vermont Superfund Site Cleanups.
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Pallone on House Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
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Rodgers Statement: This Reckless Tax and Spending Spree is NOT the Will of the American People

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist agenda.
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'The people of Benton Harbor have suffered for too long': EPA directs city to deal with water problems

The EPA directed the City of Benton Harbor, Michigan to take immediate actions to improve the safety and reliability of its drinking water.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes 69 notices in October

There were 69 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in October, according to the Federal Register.
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EPA awards $6 million in funding to research human viruses found in wastewater intended for reuse

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving $6.2 million in funding for five grants to support research on existing and novel surrogates for detecting and monitoring viruses in wastewater that is intended for water reuse applications.
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Eshoo Opening Remarks at Health Subcommittee Markup of Nine Public Health Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee markup of nine public health bills...
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E&C Republicans Unveil Comprehensive Strategy to Establish a National Privacy Standard

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis issued the following statement on a comprehensive legislative draft that establishes a national privacy standard to protect Americans and sets clear rules for consumer privacy and data security in the U.S.
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Latta: “The Spectrum Coordination Act Will Strengthen Interagency Coordination Between the FCC and NTIA”

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Communications and Technology, Bob Latta (R-OH), delivered remarks during a Committee markup of two bipartisan bills on improving spectrum policy and data mapping.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Markup of Communications and Technology Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of H.R. 1218 and H.R. 2501...
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E&C Republican Leaders Reveal NIH Mismanaged Concerns Surrounding EcoHealth Alliance’s Risky Research in China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, the fifth comprehensive inquiry as a part of the investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
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Leader Rodgers Remarks on Bipartisan Bills to Improve Data Mapping and Interagency Spectrum Coordination

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered remarks during the markup of two bipartisan bills to improve data mapping and interagency spectrum coordination.
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E&C Republican Leaders Statement on EPA’s Proposed Methane Guidelines

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV), and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed methane standards.
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Pallone on Prescription Drug Pricing Agreement in Build Back Better Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the bicameral agreement to lower prescription drug prices for Americans in the Build Back Better Act...
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Pallone Praises Biden Administration’s Methane Announcement

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new proposal to curb methane emissions from oil and gas sources...
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E&C Announces Health Subcommittee Markup of 9 Public Health Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, November 4, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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E&C Announces Subcommittee Markup of Communications and Technology Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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Leader Rodgers Remarks on Speaker Pelosi’s Grand Socialist Agenda

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke before the Rules Committee about how Speaker Pelosi is putting this country on a highway to socialism to achieve her sweeping change and once-in-a-century moment to fundamentally change America, just as President Biden jets of to Europe.
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Pallone Applauds Release of Build Back Better Act Legislative Text

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the release of the Rules Committee Print of the Build Back Better Act...
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