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EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in Tennessee
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News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that five U.S. manufacturing plants earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY STAR certification in Tennessee, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. ...


Foxx Slams Reintroduction of Radical (PRO) Union Bosses Act
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fate of the (PRO) Union Bosses Act in the 118th Congress...


Biden Administration Kills Opportunities for Faith-Based Contractors
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration overturned a Trump-era rule protecting opportunities for faith-based contractors to seek federal government contracts...


Peters Urges Senate to Confirm Archivist Nominee
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing where he urged the Senate to confirm Dr. Colleen Shogan as Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Committee heard directly from...



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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 28, 2023) – Grocery store chain Hy-Vee Inc. has agreed to pay a $5,374 civil penalty for violating the terms of a “Stop Sale, Use, or Removal Order” issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Hy-Vee concerning a pesticide product that, according to EPA, was noncompliant with federal law and may have represented a danger to consumers.


Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson: “America Must Take the Lead”
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee markup of seven bills.


Chair Rodgers, Bilirakis Commend the Passage of Several Bipartisan Bills
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) commended the passing of bills to promote data transparency and strengthen American commerce.


Chair Rodgers: “We are Leading Today for American Energy to Build a Prosperous Future”
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee markup of nine pieces of legislation.


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News Release: Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, on a bipartisan basis, has released the following statement regarding basic transparency of aggregated licensing outcomes for companies based in China who are on the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...


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News Release: JACKSON, Miss. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that one U.S. manufacturing plants earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY STAR certification in Mississippi, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. ...


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News Release: SEATTLE (Feb. 27, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over $3.9 million in grant funding to the University of Washington, University of Alaska, and Iowa State University for community-based research to examine how climate change compounds adverse environmental conditions ...


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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a scathing report on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) implementation of the taxpayer-funded bailout of multiemployer pension plans...


 Chairs Rodgers, McCaul to Biden: America’s Sovereign Rights Must Be Protected
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Committee Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement today in advance of the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body meeting this week...


Bipartisan E&C Leaders Commend Passage of Bipartisan FCC Auction Authority Bill
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) commended the passage of H.R. 1108 to extend the Federal Communication Commission auction authority deadline to May 19, 2023.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) commended the passage of H.R. 1108 to extend the Federal Communication Commission auction authority deadline to May 19, 2023.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Subcommittee Vice Chair Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) sent letters today to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) requesting information about their response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.


Chairs McCaul, Rodgers to Biden: America’s Sovereignty Rights Must Be Protected
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement today in advance of the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body meeting this week.


E&C Leaders Send Letters to Ohio, Pennsylvania State Environmental Protection Agencies for Details on East Palestine Train Derailment Response
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Subcommittee Vice Chair Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) sent letters today to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) requesting information about their response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.