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Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2023 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bills.

Chair DeLauro Statement at Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2023 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Funding Bill

Release: Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2023 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill.

Chair Maloney, Chair Raskin, and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Request Briefing from Rikers Task Force on Conditions at Rikers Island

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Committee Member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sent a letter to Brendan McGuire, Chief Counsel for Rikers Island...

Foxx, Burr, Allen, Braun Call NLRB to Account for Curbing Employers’ Freedom of Speech

By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022

News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Employment and Workplace Safety...

Comer: President Biden’s Border Crisis Fueling Fentanyl Trafficking

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on “Examining the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy and the Federal Response to the Overdose Crisis" by blasting the Biden Administration’s open border policies that are allowing illicit drugs...

Chairman Cartwright Statement at Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2023 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Funding Bill

Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2023 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies bill on a 32 to 24 vote.

Brady Announces Staff Change for Ways and Means Republicans

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced changes to the staff on the Committee.

Brady: President Biden’s Cruel Economy Wiped Out Savings of 26 Million Families

News Release: Brady: President Biden’s Cruel Economy Wiped Out Savings of 26 Million Families.

McCaul Urges State Department to Hold Unclassified Briefing on Afghanistan Policy

By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2022

News Release: Dear Secretary McKeon: I am writing to express my appreciation for your willingness, along with your State Department colleagues, to provide a closed classified briefing on Afghanistan policy to Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) on June 15, 2022. We appreciated the opportunity to...

McCaul Slams State Department for Lying, Covering Up Afghanistan Failures

By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last Tuesday, the State Department indicated it would cease almost all cooperation with the congressionally mandated Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a move which SIGAR described as “illegal obstruction." When asked about this unprecedented break with...

Following Push From Murray, Biden Administration Puts Insurers on Notice For Failing to Cover Birth Control As Required By Law

By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022

News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to news that Secretary of Health Becerra, Secretary of Labor Walsh, and Secretary of the Treasury Yellen sent a letter to group health plans and health insurance issuers reminding them of their obligations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide coverage for contraceptive services at no cost.

Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2023 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Funding Bill

News Release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chairwoman of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2023 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies bill.

Build Back Better Won’t Blunt Biden-Flation

News Release: Build Back Better Won’t Blunt Biden-Flation.

Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2023 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Funding Bill