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Meeks, Bera Issue Statement on the Unjust Execution of Pro-democracy Burmese Activists
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News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Ami Bera, Chair of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, issued the following statement regarding the unjust execution of four pro-democracy activists at the hands of the Burmese military junta...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act to enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s ability combat human trafficking.


Rubio discusses China delisting law with PCAOB Chair Williams
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Beijing is scrambling to comply with the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.


McCaul Raises Questions on U.S. Assistance to Demobilized FARC Combatants
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News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul pressed the Biden administration to clarify what specific foreign assistance the U.S. intends to provide demobilized FARC combatants.


Rubio slams corporate interests for gutting CHIPS protection, research safeguards
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America’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies have repeatedly warned lawmakers about the vast threat of Chinese Communist Party espionage and theft.


Scalise, Comer, Stefanik Press Hochul for Transparency on Nursing Home COVID Deaths
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News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) today called on New York Governor Kathleen Hochul to provide full and complete data about former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s deadly order sending COVID-positive patients to nursing homes.


McCaul, Meeks, Risch, Menendez Statement on Tunisia’s Constitutional Referendum
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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 released the below statement following yesterday’s referendum on a new Tunisian constitution...


Chairs Maloney and Thompson Call for DHS Inspector General to Step Aside from Investigation of Erased January 6 Text Messages
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari and Chair of the Council of the...


Murray, Markey, Hirono, Duckworth Announce Senate Floor Effort to Pass the Right to Contraception Act
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News Release: Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) announced their effort to pass the Right to Contraception Act this week in the Senate, following passage of companion legislation in the House of Representatives last week-despite nearly the entire House Republican caucus voting against the bill.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, asked for unanimous consent from his colleagues to include his amendment of provisions from his bipartisan Safeguarding American Innovation Act, or SAIA, which passed the Senate last year on a bipartisan basis, as a part of the CHIPS Plus package currently under consideration.


Foxx: Writing is on the Wall for Public Employee Pensions
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor to warn about severely underfunded pension programs and that relying on taxpayers for bailouts is not a solution...


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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, released a new report detailing China’s malign efforts to target, influence, and undermine the U.S. Federal Reserve. Based on a Federal Reserve counterintelligence...


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News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement following yesterday’s referendum on a new Tunisian constitution...


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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Threat America's Gun Violence Epidemic Poses to Law Enforement


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Chicago Law Enforcement Leader to Congress: Protecting Officers from Shootings must be a Priority


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Durbin: Instead of Calming the January 6 Insurrection, Donald Trump Poured Gasoline on the Fire


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Durbin Calls on Senate to Ban Military-Style Assault Weapons Following Highland Park Hearing


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Judiciary Committee Advances Ten Nominees, Including Two Judicial Nominees, Seven Sentencing Commission Nominees, and an Assistant Attorney General


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Durbin Questions Witnesses at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Dangers of Civilian Access to Military-Style Assault Weapons


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Durbin Questions Witnesses at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Dangers of Civilian Access to Military-Style Assault Weapons