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Weekend Interview: Congresswoman Mary Miller
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Congresswoman Mary Miller was first elected in 2020 to represent the 15th Congressional District of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is a sitting member of the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Education and Labor. She talks about the state of politics in America today, the issue of illegal immigration, and farming.


Reminder: Dems’ American Rescue Plan Defunded Medicare
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News Release: Reminder: Dems’ American Rescue Plan Defunded Medicare.


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News Release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began a 30-day public comment period on its proposed cleanup plan for the Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois. EPA will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, December 7, from 5:30 – 8 p.m. to discuss the proposal and accept comments.


Brady: Court Decision Opens Dangerous New Political Battleground Where No Citizen Is Safe From Majority Political Party in Congress
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News Release: Brady: Court Decision Opens Dangerous New Political Battleground Where No Citizen Is Safe From Majority Political Party in Congress.


EPA finds Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program effective
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News Release: DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Denver Water’s comprehensive approach for reducing lead in drinking water through the issuance of a final variance under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The variance allows Denver Water to continue to implement a set of actions, called ...


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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 the following remarks at a legislative hearing to examine and receive testimony on a number of energy, public lands, and water bills. Barrasso introduced or cosponsored five of the bills examined at the hearing.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at a hearing titled “Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse." A live video of the hearing is available here.


Wyden, Crapo, Bennet, Burr Release Mental Health Parity Discussion Draft
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Senate Finance Committee members Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., today released a discussion draft including policies aimed at improving mental health parity in Medicare...


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News Release: WSJ Podcast: American Families Need Certainty of Lower Taxes as they Battle Biden Recession.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States and State of Wisconsin announced a settlement with Container Life Cycle Management LLC (CLCM) that addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at the company’s container reconditioning facilities in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. The company will pay a $1.6 million civil penalty to be split evenly between the United States and the State.


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News Release: SEATTLE – On Dec. 1, 2022, EPA Region 10 Regional Administrator Casey Sixkiller transmitted to EPA’s Office of Water Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox, a Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Recommended Determination to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed ...


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News Release: ONE-PAGER: Republicans Will Use Oversight to Protect Working Families from the Biden Admin’s Broken Policies.


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News Release: Brady: We Don’t Just Have to Sit Here and Take a President Biden-Induced Recession.


Carper Statement on EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Proposal
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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 on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program in 2023, 2024, 2025...


Prices Outpace Wages Under Biden-Flation, Creating Hidden Tax
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News Release: Prices Outpace Wages Under Biden-Flation, Creating Hidden Tax.


Sen. Murray Statement on Rail Bargaining Resolution
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the 80-15 vote in the Senate to pass a resolution adopting the tentative agreements reached earlier this year between unions and railroads, and avert a national rail shutdown.


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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 the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nominations of:


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News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the hearing entitled “Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse."


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News Release: ONE PAGER: The Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022.


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News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee favorably reported three pending nominations to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Mr. David Crane to be Under Secretary of Energy for Infrastructure, Mr. Jeffrey M. Marootian to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Mr. Gene Rodrigues to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.