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 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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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.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, responded to the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and several...
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U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, criticized the Trump Administration on the Senate floor for what he described as retaliatory actions against clean energy projects.
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Senate Democrats have begun an investigation into communications between major U.S. oil companies and the Trump Administration regarding recent military action in Venezuela and subsequent plans to invest in Venezuelan oil production.
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U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand have filed an amicus brief supporting New York’s Climate Superfund Act.
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U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, have criticized the Trump Administration’s decision to...
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed six nominees to key positions at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), following favorable reports from the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee earlier...
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U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris Van Hollen, Ed Markey, and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell have expressed support for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision to reinstate a previous administrative stay that...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), has introduced 16 resolutions aimed at formally recognizing the harms caused by climate change and toxic air pollution.
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Senate and House Democratic leaders, including Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse, have issued a joint statement in response to an attempt by Trump-appointed members of the Kennedy Center Board to...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Congresswoman Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-01) have reintroduced the Clean Competition Act (CCA).
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, has welcomed the Senate’s confirmation of Douglas Weaver as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).