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Chair Rodgers: Our C&T Bills Will Unleash American Innovation and Help us Beat China

By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2023

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 13 bills.

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NEWS: Sanders Announces Starbucks’ Schultz to Testify Before HELP Committee

By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON, March 7 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) issued the following statement after Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz agreed to testify before the committee on Wednesday, March 29...

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Biden’s War on American Energy is Hurting Communities

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2023

News Release: Americans are currently struggling to afford some of the highest energy prices in decades. President Biden’s rush-to-green policies have led to skyrocketing prices across the board-from electricity and oil to natural gas. This is not a path we can afford to continue down.

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Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Transparency and Competition

By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2023

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a hearing that will focus on examining ideas to drive down the cost of health care through transparency and competition.

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Fallon: Depleting the SPR and Biden Admin’s Attack on American Energy Poses National Security Risks

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: Yesterday, you went on national television and made extremely serious allegations against U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, essentially accusing them of lying to the American people about the Healthcare.gov website. You then used these...

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COVID Origins Hearing Wrap Up: Facts, Science, Evidence Point to a Wuhan Lab Leak

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: Washington, D.C. Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the release of an Office of Management and Budget report documenting damage done by the October 2013 federal government shutdown...

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Grothman: Force Multipliers Critical to Disrupting Criminal Organizations & Protecting Our Border

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced H.R. 3446 the FAFSA Fairness Act of 2013, to simplify and reform the complicated process for students to apply for and receive federal student financial aid when they do not have contact with their parents.

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Chairman Jim Jordan Subpoenas Officials for Depositions

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Chip Slaven, Viola Garcia, and Nina Jankowicz to appear before the Committee for a deposition. Each official has ignored voluntary requests for a transcribed interview.

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Wenstrup: Knowing the Origin of COVID-19 is Fundamental to Helping Predict and Prevent Future Pandemics

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement this morning from the Postal Service reporting a net loss of $5 billion for FY 2013...

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Hearing Wrap Up: President Biden Damaged America’s Oil Security by Depleting the SPR

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: Washington, DC-Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2481, the Veterans Economic Opportunity Act of 2013, which included provisions introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to significantly expand home foreclosure protections for servicemembers, their families, and disabled veterans.

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Investment and Deployment of Force Multipliers Disrupts Transnational Criminal Organizations and Keeps Americans Safe

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):

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Comer Applauds Senate Passage of Resolution Blocking D.C. Council’s Pro-Criminal Law

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: Dear Senator Durbin: I applaud your decision to hold a hearing on “the civil rights implications when racial profiling and ‘stand your ground’ laws mix."[1]. Over the last year, the Trayvon Martin shooting and the acquittal of his admitted killer have reignited a national conversation about the significant...

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Comer: We Must Protect Americans from Censorship

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2023

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Democratic staff memo that refutes Committee Chairman Darrell Issa’s claims that the White House directed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to disable...

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Simpson Remarks At Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Day 1: Morning Session (As Prepared)

By USDA Newswire Reports | Mar 9, 2023

Simpson Remarks At Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Day 1: Morning Session (As Prepared)