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News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Justice and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a consent decree with the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act regarding the city’s water pollution control facility that discharges undertreated effluent into Massachusetts Bay.


Senator Risch, Vincent Smith in The Hill: Giving U.S. Agencies More Flexibility in Managing Food Aid Shipments
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Vincent Smith, director of the American Enterprise Institute’s agricultural policy initiative, today published an op-ed in The Hill on why Congress must eliminate cargo preference for U.S. international emergency food assistance to address the international food security crisis.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After urging the Biden Administration to enforce Mexico’s obligations under USMCA, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (NE-03) released the following statements upon the announcement that U.S. Trade Representative...


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News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee are calling for an extension of the review period meal pattern revision rule proposed by for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Markup
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a markup of five pieces of legislation.


Smith, Schweikert Call Out Biden Administration for Cooking the Books on IRS E-File Study
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A think tank with ties to the liberal wing of the Democrat party is drawing scrutiny from Ways and Means Republicans after it was selected by the Biden Administration to receive $15 million in taxpayer funds to “review" an e-file program designed to make the Internal Revenue Service...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a markup of five pieces of legislation.


Comer & Sessions Open Probe into Department of Defense After Failing GAO Audit for Fifth Time
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News Release: Dear Attorney General Holder: There has been growing concern about the effect that state “stand your ground" laws have on the safety of our communities and on Americans’ civil rights. “Stand your ground" laws expand the situations in which lethal force can be used by civilians in response to perceived...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a markup of five pieces of legislation.


Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Markup of 13 Bills
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee markup of 13 bills.


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News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (March 6th, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $199,701,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma ...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee markup of 13 bills.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on forward-looking, bipartisan legislation seeking to promote competition, innovation, security, and American leadership in the thriving commercial satellite communications industry...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee markup of 13 bills.


Ranking Member Boozman Praises Start of Consultation Process in Dispute Over Mexico’s Biotech Policy
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News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in support of the U.S. Trade Representative’s initiation of the sanitary and phytosanitary consultation process with Mexico regarding their biotech policy.


Chair Rodgers: “We are Leading Today for American Energy to Build a Prosperous Future”
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Chair Rodgers: “We are Leading Today for American Energy to Build a Prosperous Future”


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News Release: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) took another step in his investigation into numerous FBI whistleblower allegations by requesting testimony from 16 individuals who are current or recent employees at the bureau, according to a letter sent Friday to FBI Director Christopher Wray and obtained by Breitbart News.




Risch, McCaul Criticize Biden Admin for Altering and Politicizing Conventional Arms Transfer Policy
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Risch, McCaul Criticize Biden Admin for Altering and Politicizing Conventional Arms Transfer Policy