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Comer Selected as Chairman of Oversight Committee

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today was selected to serve as the next chairman of the House Oversight Committee and issued the following statement...

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Peters and Portman Bipartisan Legislation to Help At-Risk Communities Invest in Disaster Mitigation Projects Heads to President to be Signed into Law

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk...

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Risch Praises Inclusion of SFRC Priorities in FY2023 NDAA

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised the inclusion of several of his Senate Foreign Relations Committee-related priorities in the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):

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Rodgers, Latta Applaud Bipartisan Solution to Improve Broadband Mapping Tools

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act.

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Barrasso Demands Answers from DOE on $200 Million Grant to Company with Ties to China

By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding answers on DOE’s $200 million grant to Microvast, a lithium battery company that operates primarily out of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

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Manchin Releases Permitting Text and Urges Colleagues to Support MVP and Permitting Amendment to NDAA

By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the full text of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2022. He also urged his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support amending the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include this comprehensive, bipartisan permitting reform and complete the critical Mountain Valley Pipeline.

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Republican Members Push for Commonsense Northern Long-Eared Bat Regulations

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) led a letter to congressional appropriators, requesting that any year-end funding package prohibit federal funding for the listing of the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In part, the members wrote.

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Portman Announces FY 2023 NDAA Includes 16 Key Priorities to Protect the Homeland

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that 16 of his key priorities have been included in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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Manchin, Risch Applaud Committee Passage of Bipartisan International Nuclear Energy Act

By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID) today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of their bipartisan International Nuclear Energy Act, legislation to promote engagement with ally and partner nations to develop a civil nuclear export strategy and offset China and Russia’s growing influence on international nuclear energy development.

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Risch, Cardin Applaud Committee Passage of Ukraine Genocide Resolution

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, today applauded the committee’s passage of their resolution recognizing ...

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Senate Finance and House Oversight Committees Seek Documents from State and Defense Departments On Kushner’s Conflicts of Interest, Improper Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., requested documents from the State and Defense Departments related to former Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner’s role in U.S. foreign policy while his family business sought a bailout from foreign governments seeking to influence the Trump administration.

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Rodgers, Latta Applaud Bipartisan Solution to Improve Broadband Mapping Tools

By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act.

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Federal settlement paves way for continued work at former Chlor-Alkali Facility Superfund Site

By EPA Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: BERLIN, N.H. (Dec. 7, 2022) – Under a Consent Decree agreement recently entered by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of New Hampshire have entered into an agreement with settling defendants, Fort James LLC, ...

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Comer: Biden Administration Will Be Held Accountable for Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to senior leadership at the White House, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of State (State), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), ...

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Portman, Peters Bipartisan Legislation to Help At-Risk Communities Invest in Disaster Mitigation Projects Heads to President to be Signed into Law

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced the House has passed their bipartisan Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management...

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Carper Praises Senate Passage of the Big Cat Public Safety Act

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act by unanimous consent. The legislation, which prohibits the private ownership of big cats like lions and tigers and outlaws public contact with cubs, now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature.

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Risch, Manchin Applaud Committee Passage of International Nuclear Energy Act

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of their International Nuclear Energy Act, legislation ...