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By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul’s resolution, H.Res.104, condemning China over its use of a spy balloon violating U.S. sovereignty. Prior to the resolution’s passage, Chairman McCaul gave the following...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: PETERSBURG, WV - Today, at the first hearing of the Ways and Means Committee under a new Republican majority, Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) spoke about how policymakers must put the interests of American workers first by hearing directly from them about their struggles and their ideas to improve the lives and livelihoods of their families and communities after two years of crisis under one-party Democrat rule.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rising energy prices, the cost of living crisis, and generous government benefits fueling a labor shortage are the major challenges facing workers and local business owners who testified before the first hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means held in Petersburg, West Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: PETERSBURG, WV - Today, at the first hearing of the Ways and Means Committee under a new Republican majority, Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) spoke about how the Committee and Congress must put the interests of American workers first by hearing directly from Americans about their struggles and their ideas to improve the lives and livelihoods of their families and communities after two years of crisis under one-party Democrat rule.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing to discuss the state of the U.S. Territories.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 9, 2023) – Laboratory results from field work conducted by EPA in St. Charles, Missouri, in January have identified the Ameren Huster Road Substation as a source of vinyl chloride and cis-1,2-dichloroethene contamination in the city of St. Charles’ Elm Point Wellfield. With the new sampling results, EPA will now require Ameren to address the contamination originating from the substation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa and Rep. Mike Quigley, to amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to strengthen government openness and accountability.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement today in formally releasing the full roster of the House Ways and Means Committee for the 118th Congress...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s full committee markup of Energy and Commerce’s Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: St. Croix, VI – EPA has conditionally approved plans to safely remove dangerous chemicals from systems at the refinery on St. Croix. These plans are part of a legally binding agreement EPA entered into on December 5 requiring Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation LLLP (PHRT) to remove anhydrous ammonia, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union speech...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a stop sale, use or removal order to Kaya Investment Group Inc., doing business as Hydro House, 622 South Lapeer Rd., Lake Orion, Michigan. The order will prevent the illegal distribution and sale of an unregistered pesticide product, Front Row Ag CleanUp.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement on the January jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss the state of the U.S. territories - American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. During the hearing, attended in-person by all five territorial governors, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Chairman Smith Announces Hearing on the State of the American Economy: Appalachia.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing titled “Farm Bill 2023: Nutrition Programs."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today announced subcommittee assignments, Joint Committee on Taxation membership and the designation of members to serve as Congressional Trade Advisors for the 118th Congress, which have been approved unanimously by the full committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held its first hearing of the 118th Congress, titled "Unleashing America's Energy and Mineral Potential." Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) today released the following statement as he announced subcommittee chair assignments for the 118th Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s full committee markup of Energy and Commerce’s Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress.
