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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Agreements for Former West Calumet Housing Complex Property on the USS Lead Superfund Site in East Chicago, Indiana
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News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 20, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized two settlement agreements that provide a framework for the cleanup of the former West Calumet Housing Complex property in Zone 1 of the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago, Indiana. With this step, EPA will ensure lead-and-arsenic-contaminated soils that pose a risk to human health and the environment are removed, and the property is made safe for redevelopment.


Neal Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup
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News Release: "In today’s meeting we will consider legislation aimed at addressing a longstanding Social Security problem as well as 6 resolutions of inquiry.


Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce Leaders Honor the Late Congresswoman Walorski with Maternal and Child Home Visiting Legislation
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News Release: House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee leaders introduced legislation to honor the late Congresswoman Walorski by reauthorizing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The bill increases funding for services that aid new parents and their children...


Updated Schedule Advisory: Crypto Hearing Postponed
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News Release: POSTPONED. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 - 2:00 PM ET. Hybrid Hearing - 1300 Longworth and via Zoom. Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. RE: “Assessing Crypto as a Tool for Financial Inclusion". **NOTE: **House Office Buildings are closed to the public. The hearing will be broadcast...


Owens: School Closures Failed Students
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News Release: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on meeting the academic and emotional needs of students in light of prolonged school closures...


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Chairman Scott Leads House Debate of Bill Helping Domestic Violence Survivors Escape Abusers' Debts








Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce Leaders Honor the Late Congresswoman Walorski with Maternal and Child Home Visiting Legislation
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee leaders introduced legislation to honor the late Congresswoman Walorski by reauthorizing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The bill increases funding for services that aid new parents...



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Burr Demands Clarity on Admin’s Contradictory COVID-19 Policies After President Declares ‘the Pandemic is Over’


Peters and Portman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Federal Support for Local Fire Departments
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to increase federal support for local fire departments across the nation. The bill would reauthorize critical...


EPA orders two Coachella Valley mobile home parks to provide safe drinking water
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News Release: EPA orders two Coachella Valley mobile home parks to provide safe drinking water SAN FRANCISCO – On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Emergency Administrative Orders under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act to two mobile home parks located in the ...


Finance Committee Republicans Demand Accountability for Continued Late Release of Medicare, Social Security Trustees Reports
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News Release: Dear Comptroller Dodaro: . The Social Security Act requires that the Boards of Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, as one of their duties, “Report to the Congress not later than the first day of April of each year on the operation and status of the Trust Funds…." Disregarding the...


Leader Rodgers to President Biden: Provide Your Plan to Unwind the Public Health Emergency
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on unwinding the public health emergency (PHE) after President Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic is over.


EPA Kicks-Off ‘Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students’
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the “Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students.” The Challenge invites students to tell stories with videos, written stories, infographics or story maps that illustrate how U.S. businesses are ...