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McCaul, House Foreign Affairs Members Send Letter to Secretary Blinken Over Putin’s Propaganda on U.S. Sanctions, Global Food Crisis
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News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: We write to express our serious concern over Vladimir Putin’s efforts to blame U.S. and international sanctions for the current global food crisis and urge the State Department to work with USAID to utilize emergency supplemental funding and with international partners to leverage...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging him to declare a public health emergency in response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are leading an effort to expand clean and affordable hydropower around the United States. Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan...


Barrasso, Marshall Introduce Polygraph Legislation to Protect National Labs
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), and Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced S. 4634, which would require the Department of Energy (DOE) to administer polygraph examinations to non-green card holding foreign ...


Senator Murray Statement on Emergency COVID Funding Bill
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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) and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS), introduced a $21 billion emergency COVID...


McCaul, Meeks, Risch, Menendez Send Letter to Biden in Support of Moldova’s Democratic Reform and Anti-Corruption Agenda
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), today sent a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to...


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Peters and Portman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Support for Victims of Human Trafficking


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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are launching a probe into efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obstruct oversight by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). In a letter to DHS Secretary...


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Peters and Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Simplify Application Process for Federal Disaster Recovery Assistance


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Peters and Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve How Federal Government Communicates with Americans


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Peters Convenes Hearing with Transportation Security Administrator to Discuss Safeguarding Travelers


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Peters to Convene Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Field Hearing in Detroit to Examine Impact of 2020 Census on Michigan


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to protect and secure federal data centers. Federal data centers store considerable amounts of sensitive information, and house critical information...


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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC), Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report which found the Department of Education underestimated the cost of student loans by billions...


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Peters and Cornyn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Screening of Vehicles and Cargo at Ports of Entry



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Peters Convenes Hearing on Protecting Communities from Weapons of Mass Destruction and Bolstering Health Security at DHS


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On Senate Floor, Portman Urges Colleagues to Include Bipartisan Research Security Provisions in CHIPS Plus Package


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Portman, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Support for Victims of Human Trafficking


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New Portman Report Details China’s Efforts to Target, Influence, and Undermine U.S. Federal Reserve Banks