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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.

Comer Applauds Passage of Resolutions Preventing Radical D.C. Council Laws from Going Into Effect

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).

Comer Widens Investigation into Biden’s Involvement in His Family’s Business Schemes

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.

Comer Introduces Legislation to Shine the Light on Regulatory Guidance

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.

Don’t miss on FOX NEWS: Chair Rodgers Leads E&C to Southern Border to Address Fentanyl Crisis

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...

McCaul, McCarthy, Scalise Send Letter to POTUS Urging Veto of Any Anti-Israel UN Resolution

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.

Don’t miss on FOX NEWS: Chair Rodgers Leads E&C to Southern Border to Address Fentanyl Crisis

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...

Chairman McCaul Demands Transparency, Accountability in UNOPS Scandal Investigation

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...

Carper, Capito to Hold EPW Committee Hearing on East Palestine Train Derailment

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman McCaul to Participate in Panel at Munich Security Conference

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.

Rodgers and Johnson to Regan: We Need Details on EPA’s Response to the Ohio Train Derailment

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.

Rodgers and Johnson to Regan: We Need Details on EPA’s Response to the Ohio Train Derailment

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.

Biden-Harris Administration Reaffirms Scientific, Economic, and Legal Underpinnings of Limits on Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

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 ...

Carper Cheers EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Determination

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 ...

Don’t miss on FOX NEWS: Chair Rodgers Leads E&C to Southern Border to Address Fentanyl Crisis

By Commerce 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...

Wyden Statement on Mexican Forced Labor Ban

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2023

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on a new regulation in Mexico banning the import of products made with forced labor...

Senators Risch, Menendez, Shaheen, Hagerty Introduce Supporting Americans Wrongfully or Unlawfully Detained Abroad Act of 2023