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News Release: WASHINGTON-Congressman Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Committee Republicans are raising concerns that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is potentially using taxpayer dollars to purchase solar panels and components from China, ...


Wyden, Crapo Introduce Bill to Bolster Retirement Savings
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair and Ranking Member, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today introduced the bipartisan Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act to bolster retirement savings.


EPA Selects Recipients of Nearly $12 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 39 recipients across the country that will receive nearly $12 million in pollution prevention (P2) grants made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s historic $100 million program investment. ...


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News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the City of Linden will host a virtual community meeting for residents of Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey to share information about health risks from the chemical, ethylene oxide or EtO, which is being emitted from a facility called the ...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter with 42 other members of Congress to President Joe Biden asking him to seek opportunities to expand tribal co-management of U.S. public lands, waters, and resources. Chair Grijalva also sent a letter to...


At Subcommittee Hearing, Witnesses Call on Congress to Address Rampant Mail Theft in Philadelphia, Nationwide
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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a field hearing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to examine drops in the U.S. Postal Service’s mail delivery performance, recent increases in postal mail theft and crime, and whether the Postal Service is prepared to effectively receive and deliver mail-in ballots nationally during the upcoming election cycle.


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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 7, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will attend Washington County, Missouri’s 27th annual Health Fair on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 7:30 a.m. to noon in Potosi.


EPA to Highlight Successes in Camden, N.J. Communities in Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
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News Release: NEW YORK -- On Thursday, September 8, 2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott will be joined by U.S. Representative Donald Norcross, Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen, EPA Region 2 Senior Advisor for Equity and Chief of Staff Olivia Glenn, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn La


EPA Proposes Bellevue, Nebraska, Site for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List
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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 7, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it is adding five sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) and is proposing to add another two sites where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risk – one of which is in Bellevue, Nebraska.


Local Central Savannah River Area Communities Participate in Climate Resilience and Emergency Preparedness Training Workshops Hosted by EPA
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News Release: ATLANTA (September 7, 2022) — A project team comprised of members from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Imani Group - a local Grassroots Environmental Justice (EJ) Organization based in Aiken, SC, and consultants recently developed and hosted a series of workshops in two rural communities in close proximity to the Savanah River Site.


Portman on DHS OIG Report: Lack of Vetting of Afghan Evacuees Has Endangered Our Communities
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, expressed alarm in light of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report detailing the lack of vetting procedures for Afghan...


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News Release: WASHINGTON (Sep. 7, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding five sites to the Superfund National Priorities List and is proposing to add another two where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risk.


Finance Committee Favorably Reports Nomination of Doug McKalip to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced the committee favorably reported Doug McKalip to serve as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator within the Office of the United States Trade Representative, by a vote of 27-0.


EPA Adds the Lower Hackensack River to the Superfund National Priorities List
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News Release: NEW YORK – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Regional Administrator Walter Mugdan, Representative Donald Payne, Jr., Representative Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette, the Hackensack Riverkeeper Captain Bill ...


Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Clean Air Act Legislation
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On September 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine S.2736, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021; S. 1475, the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act of 2021; S. 2661, the Smoke-Ready Communities Act of 2021; and S. 2421, the Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2021.


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News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on H.R. 7345, which creates undue burdens on America’s farmers and limits the opportunities of America’s youth employed on farms...


Wyden Speaks Against Republican Efforts to Protect Wealthy Tax Cheats
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News Release: Mr. President, it’s time for a reality check here in the United States Senate. The far right has an awful lot to say about the IRS these days. Even Senators - who should know better - are spinning wild fantasies about 87,000 agents who are armed to the teeth and coming to the doors of innocent small business people. All this talk is unscathed by the truth.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine four pieces of legislation relating to air quality and pollution...


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Open Executive Session to Consider Chief Agricultural Negotiator
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News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning to vote on the nomination of Mr. Doug McKalip to serve as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator within the Office of the United States Trade Representative.


EPW Holds Hearing on Tennessee Valley Authority Nominees
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety today held a hearing to consider the nominations of William J. Renick, Adam Wade White, and Joe H. Ritch to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors.