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The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Subcommittee Chair Griffith Opening Remarks on Investigating Pandemics
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing titled “Challenges and Opportunities to Investigating the Origins of Pandemics and Other Biological Events. "

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Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Remarks at Health Subcommittee Hearing
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled: “Lives Worth Living: Addressing the Fentanyl Crisis, Protecting Critical Lifelines, and Combatting Discrimination Against Those with Disabilities."
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Chairs Rodgers & Latta Notice Legislative Hearing on Advancing American Innovation in Next-gen Satellite Communication
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today noticed a legislative hearing to discuss solutions to unleash American innovation in next generation satellite communications.
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Chair Rodgers Opening Remarks on Investigating Pandemics
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing titled “Challenges and Opportunities to Investigating the Origins of Pandemics and Other Biological Events. "

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Subcommittee Chair Bilirakis Opening Remarks on Competing with China
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing titled “Economic Danger Zone: How America Competes to Win the Future Versus China."

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Chair Rodgers Opening Remarks at Health Subcommittee Hearing
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled: “Lives Worth Living: Addressing the Fentanyl Crisis, Protecting Critical Lifelines, and Combatting Discrimination Against Those with Disabilities."

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Proposed rule published on Feb. 1 by Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency discusses Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification of the Detroit Area as Moderate for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards on Feb. 1
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Garcia: Water infrastructure projects 'will improve the lives of Puerto Rico communities'
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $23 million for water infrastructure projects in Puerto Rico.
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Chair Rodgers Touts Bill to End COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 382, the Pandemic is Over Act...
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Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Applaud Passage of the Pandemic is Over Act and Freedom for Health Care Workers Act
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statements after the House passed two Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee bills...
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EPA Cites Flint Scrapyard for Alleged Clean Air Act Violation
News Release: CHICAGO (Jan. 31, 2023) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a finding of violation to Fritz Enterprises Inc., a scrapyard in Flint, Michigan, alleging Clean Air Act violations by failing to prevent the release of ozone-depleting substances into the atmosphere.
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Chair Rodgers Floor Remarks on Bill to End COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on Health Care Workers
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 497, the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act...
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Chairs Rodgers, Duncan, & Johnson Notice Joint Legislative Hearing on Unleashing American Energy
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today noticed a joint legislative hearing to discuss solutions to restore American energy dominance.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Action to Help Protect Bristol Bay Salmon Fisheries
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, EPA issued a Final Determination under the Clean Water Act to help protect Bristol Bay, the most productive wild salmon ecosystem in the world. With this action, the Biden-Harris Administration is protecting certain waters that are important to sustaining Southwest Alaska’s salmon resources from disposal of dredged or fill materials associated with developing the Pebble deposit.
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Subcommittee Chair Duncan Opening Remarks at E&C’s First Full Committee Hearing on Restoring American Energy Dominance
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Chairman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered opening remarks today at the first hearing of the committee in the 118th Congress on flipping the switch and unleashing American energy.

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EPA Announces Community Meeting Feb. 23 to Discuss Groundwater Contamination in St. Charles, Missouri
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 31, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will hold a Community Meeting at the St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Parish on Thursday, Feb. 23. The session will begin at 6 p.m. with a formal presentation held at 7 p.m. Following the presentation, EPA staff will facilitate a question-and-answer session until 8:30 p.m.

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Chair Rodgers Convenes the Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) held the Committee’s organizing meeting today, its first meeting in the 118th Congress.

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Chairs Rodgers, Smith and Reps. Burgess, Wenstrup Introduce Legislation to Ban QALYs
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH), and Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced introduction of H.R. 485, the Protecting...

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