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By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold American Indian and Alaska Native public witness hearings on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, and Thursday, March 9, 2023.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
U.S. Senator Susan Collins was named the Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees and sets the annual budget for the Department of Defense.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced the Appropriations Subcommittees chairs, ranking members, and full rosters for the 118th Congress.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas), and Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today sent letters to senior leadership at the White House, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of State (State), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff requesting all documents, communications, and information related to the Biden Administration’s disastrous military and diplomatic withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is raising concerns about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule banning non-refillable cylinders used to store and transport chemicals vital to heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning and its impact on the supply chain and American jobs.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) are requesting senior Biden Administration officials, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the president of EcoHealth Alliance provide information necessary to the Select Subcommittee and Oversight Committee’s investigation into COVID origins.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of House Joint Resolution 26, which disapproves of the District of Columbia’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today applauded bipartisan House passage of two joint resolutions of disapproval: Disapproving the District of Columbia Council’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 (H. J. Res. 26) and Disapproving the Action of the District of Columbia Council in Enacting the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 (H. J. Res. 24).
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on Hunter Biden, James Biden, and Eric Schwerin to provide documents, communications, and records related to President Biden’s involvement in his family’s business schemes.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) introduced H.R. 890, the Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act, which requires agencies to publish their regulatory guidance on the Internet in a single, easily accessible location. By requiring guidance documents to be published in a central location, the legislation would greatly improve transparency for the public and small businesses seeking to know how agencies interpret the laws with which they must comply.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) led committee members to Texas for the first congressional field hearing at the southern border in the 118th Congress. The members discussed how President Biden’s border policies are causing a public health crisis in border communities and...
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise sent a letter to President Biden urging him to instruct UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to oppose and veto any one-sided, anti-Israel action at the UN Security Council.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) led committee members to Texas for the first congressional field hearing at the southern border in the 118th Congress. The members discussed how President Biden’s border policies are causing a public health crisis in border communities and...
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary-General Guterres: I write concerning the United Nations’ (UN) response to gross financial mismanagement at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). As I stated when I first wrote to you regarding this issue on May 16, 2022, the UN’s response will be watched closely as a...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Munich, Germany - This Saturday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join prominent world leaders on a panel at the Munich Security Conference to discuss deep economic and social challenges facing Afghanistan following President Biden’s catastrophic withdrawal and the scope of regional and international counterterrorism efforts around the world.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting information about the federal government’s response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting information about the federal government’s response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, EPA is reaffirming the scientific, economic, and legal underpinnings of the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, which required significant reductions of mercury, acid gases, and other harmful pollutants. Controlling these emissions improves public health ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reinstating the finding that it is “appropriate and necessary" to regulate mercury and toxic air pollution ...
