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By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the lack of competition in the ticketing industry titled, “That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment.”
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the lack of competition in the ticketing industry titled, “That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment.”
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the announcement by the Supreme Court that the person(s) responsible for the leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization remains unknown:
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the Attorney General’s appointment of Robert Hur as Special Counsel to investigate the reported discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. and the Bidens’ personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware:
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to review the U.S. visa of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is now in Florida, after his supporters stormed and ransacked Brazil’s Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in an attempt to undermine the recent free and fair election of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding reports that Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch to review the discovery of classified documents from the Obama-Biden Administration at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington, D.C. based think tank:
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced Republican Members of Congress who will serve on the Committee for the 118th Congress.
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent letters to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Attorney General Garland, FBI Director Wray, DHS Secretary Mayorkas, Education Secretary Cardona, ATF Director Dettelbach, and DEA Administrator Milgram renewing outstanding requests for communications and documents.
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) praised the House passage of H.R. 26, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation to require healthcare practitioners to provide medical care to every infant who survives an abortion, and H. Con. Res 3, a resolution condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, organizations, and churches. Since the leak of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization opinion, over 100 pro-life facilities, organizations, and churches have been vandalized or firebombed by far-Left activists.
By Press release submission | Jan 31, 2023
Jim Jordan on Why the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is Necessary
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced that TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before the committee to testify on TikTok’s consumer privacy and data security practices, the platforms’ impact on kids, and their relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. It will be Chew’s first appearance before a Congressional committee.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2023
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding Senate passage of historic clean energy and climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, which are expected to slash our nation’s greenhouse gas pollution by 40 percent by 2030...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed two public health bills...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote to four cryptomining companies today...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take steps to enforce Medicaid’s guarantee that Americans may see the health care providers of their choice.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to the CEO of Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. today raising concerns about potentially unfair or deceptive practices in the live ticketing industry and the chaotic ticket pre-sale for Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour. The Committee leaders requested a staff briefing from the company on the key areas of concern.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sat down for an interview with ABC News to discuss the importance of passing the American Data Privacy and Protection Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today praising House passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key climate and health care provisions he originally authored or advanced through the Committee over the last couple of years...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after President Biden signed H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, into law, which passed the House last month...
