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After SCOTUS Rejects EPA Overreach, Boozman Calls for Review of USDA Regulatory Actions




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Chair Cheri Bustos Opening Statement at Hearing "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on Title XI Crop Insurance"


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Chair Abigail Spanberger Opening Statement at Hearing "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Forestry"


House Agriculture Committee Holds Farm Bill Listening Session in Washington
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News Release: Carnation, WA - Today, the House Agriculture Committee held the third in a series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field" at Remlinger Farms in Carnation, Washington.


Dear America: Stop Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Scam
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News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to America asking the country to take a stand against the Biden administration’s reckless student loan agenda. Since taking office, President Biden has forgiven massive amounts of student loans through backdoors-ignoring the will of Congress and the best interests of taxpayers.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced a bipartisan bill to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Department of Housing...


Neal Celebrates President Biden Signing the Formula Act into Law
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News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Biden signed the Formula Act into law...


Wyden, Brown, Casey Urge Social Security to Include Children in Eligibility Outreach Programs
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee Chair Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Senate Special Committee on Aging Chair Bob Casey, D-Pa., today urged the Social Security Administration (SSA) to incorporate children in ongoing outreach efforts, to help families eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI).


Cloud Calls for Hearing on Skyrocketing Inflation Before August Recess
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News Release: WASHINGTON-Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and Subcommittee Republican lawmakers today called on Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi to immediately hold a hearing on skyrocketing inflation before Congress leaves town for August recess. Democrats...


CBO, JCT Confirm Dems’ Obamacare Subsidy Expansion Would Cost Billions More than Previously Claimed
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News Release: Washington, D.C.--The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released analysis showing Democrats’ proposal to significantly expand Obamacare tax subsidies would add billions of dollars to the federal deficit to the benefit of wealthy Americans.


Murray, Wyden Demand Answers on Mistreatment at Youth Residential Treatment Facilities
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News Release: Dear Mr. Hunter: Over the past several years, a series of reports have raised concerns about the conditions that children and youth experience in residential treatment facilities (RTFs).[1] While estimates vary, thousands of children and youth in the United States are placed in these facilities for...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10) and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter today to Secretary Blinken expressing concern that a mandated State Department report failed to address the Assad regime’s role in narco-trafficking of Captagon.


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News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced Representative Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) as the new ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Environment.


Biden-Harris Administration launches $225 million program to lower utility bills through more efficient building codes
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to provide $225 million for states and local governments to expand the implementation of the latest building energy codes and support the development of buildings that use less energy.


DOE announces $96 million for advancing clean vehicle technologies to reduce carbon emissions
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $96 million funding opportunity to support decarbonizing the domestic transportation sector. The funding will focus on expanding electric vehicle (EV) charging accessibility, create cleaner non-road vehicles through electrification and the use of alternative fuels, and develop electric drive components and materials to maximize EV efficiency and affordability.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to the Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Lawrence A. Tabak asking why the NIH has failed to convene the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) as required by the NIH Reform Act.


Peters and Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve How Federal Government Communicates with Americans
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that guidance, instructions, and other public information published by the federal government is written in plain language. The bill updates existing laws to expand the types of information agencies must publish publicly in plain writing.