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Chair Rodgers Welcomes Nine New Members to the Energy and Commerce Committee
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House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement after the House Republican Steering Committee selected nine new members to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.


Rodgers Named Chair of House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) released the following statement on being named Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.


Chair Rodgers Congratulates Kevin McCarthy on Becoming Speaker of the House
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after Kevin McCarthy was elected to serve as Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress.


Chair Rodgers: FDA’s Expansion of Abortion Pills is Dangerous for Women and Disastrous for Unborn Children
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a revision to the Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for abortion-inducing drugs:


Chair Rodgers: GAO Gain-of-Function Research Report Affirms Our Concerns with HHS P3CO Framework
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after the Government Accountability Office issued a report titled “HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens,” which is commonly referred to as “gain-of-function" research.



Chair Rodgers Applauds Passage of H.R. 22 to Prevent the Sale of SPR Oil to China
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 22, the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act, out of the House, out of the House by a bipartisan vote of 331-97:


Chair Rodgers Speaks on House Floor to Protect America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke on the House floor in favor of H.R. 22, the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act.


Chair Rodgers Statement on COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extension on Jan 11
On the Hill

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the Biden administration further extended the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration:


Chair Rodgers Welcomes Nine New Members to the Energy and Commerce Committee
On the Hill

House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement after the House Republican Steering Committee selected nine new members to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.


Chair Rodgers Congratulates Kevin McCarthy on Becoming Speaker of the House
On the Hill

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after Kevin McCarthy was elected to serve as Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress:



J. Smith Statement on Selection as Next Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
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Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after being selected to serve as the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means for the 118th Congress:


Arrington: How Pro-Growth Policies Can Avert a Fiscal Crisis
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Ways and Means Republican Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) detailed how restoring fiscal responsibility in Washington will require Congress to rein in runaway spending and return to policies that strengthen and grow the economy in a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner.To read Rep. Arrington’s full op-ed, click here.


Chair Rodgers: GAO Gain-of-Function Research Report Affirms Our Concerns with HHS P3CO Framework
On the Hill

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after the Government Accountability Office issued a report titled “HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens,” which is commonly referred to as “gain-of-function" research.





Fact Check: Hell-bent on Supercharging IRS Against Middle Class, Democrats Once Again Mislead Public
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Treasury’s own proposal published in 2021 shows that the IRS would add 86,852 full-time equivalent employees by 2031. When CBO analyzed the proposal, it acknowledged the IRS would more than double its head count.


The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act
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Republicans are blocking the Biden Administration from unleashing 87,000 new IRS agents to go after families and small businesses and their unprecedented increase in IRS audits