Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
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Recent News About Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing to address the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 and review ongoing projects and priorities of the U.S. Army Corps of...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered an opening statement at a hearing focused on the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), is leading an investigation with 31 other senators into a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy change.
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who serves as Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, has expressed support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to repeal the Biden-era Mercury and Air Toxics Standards...
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U.S. Senators, led by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, have begun an investigation into Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to repeal the 2009...
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released a statement following EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement repealing the agency’s...
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U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO-05), led 84 Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the United...
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who serves as chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, expressed support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to repeal greenhouse gas vehicle standards.
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U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris Van Hollen, Ed Markey, and Representative Debbie Dingell have led 36 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Scott Peters led 24 members of Congress in urging the European Union to maintain strong implementation of the European Union...
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing in Washington, D.C., to address cybersecurity issues affecting the nation's water infrastructure.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), addressed cybersecurity threats to American water infrastructure during a committee hearing in Washington, D.C. The hearing, titled...
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing focused on cybersecurity challenges affecting water infrastructure in the United States.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), has issued a statement following President Trump’s announcement to close the Kennedy Center for a multi-year period in order to undertake...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered an opening statement at a bipartisan hearing focused on federal environmental review and permitting processes.
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing in Washington, D.C., focused on federal environmental review and permitting processes.
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led a hearing in Washington, D.C., to examine the effects of federal environmental review and permitting processes on businesses, workers, consumers,...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has broadened his investigation into potential improper influence by fossil fuel and related industries on the Trump Administration’s proposed...
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Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Tim Sheehy have issued a warning about the potential for natural disasters to trigger an economic crisis in the United States.
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On January 9, Chairman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) led all ten Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee in sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers.