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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Abbey Gate suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers, at least 170 Afghans, and wounded 45 U.S. servicemembers.


Leader Rodgers Statement on EPA’s Burdensome CERCLA Regulation Proposal
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly proposed designation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This...


Carper Statement on EPA Proposal Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances
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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, today released the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal designating two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).


Chair Grijalva Statement on Another Zinke Lie to DOI Office of Inspector General
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following the release of the Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) report that Trump’s former Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke and his Chief of Staff made knowingly misleading statements to OIG investigators regarding Zinke’s decision about a proposed casino, House Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly proposed designation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly proposed designation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) concluded a tour of the Pacific Northwest, where he joined House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) to discuss forestry, American energyand other issues.


Pallone Applauds Biden Administration for Designating “Forever Chemicals” as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing a new rule which would designate the two most common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) ...


Comer, Foxx, Oversight Republicans Investigate Use of COVID Relief Funds for Schools
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News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and several Oversight Committee Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden Administration’s oversight of pandemic...


Reconciliation Package Raises Taxes, Spends Recklessly Without Enacting Real Change
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act under the budget reconciliation process. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


Chairman David Scott Applauds USDA’s Roll Out of Funding for Underserved Producers and Next Gen Ag Professionals
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News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott released the below statement following today’s announcement of American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act funded programs by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.







Foxx, Comer, Oversight Republicans Investigate Use of COVID Relief Funds for Schools
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News Release: Today, Committee on Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Oversight Committee Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden administration's oversight of pandemic relief funds for school districts...


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Comer, Biggs, and Oversight Republicans: Biden’s Push for Electric Vehicles is Killing American Jobs


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ICYMI: Fox News: McCaul fires back at White House memo attempting to discount Afghanistan report