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Weekend Interview: Andy Harris
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U.S. Representative Andy Harris was elected in 2010 to represent the 1st Congressional District of Maryland. Before entering politics he was a practicing anesthesiologist and medical officer in the Naval Reserve.


ICYMI: Manchin, Colleagues Debate American Vehicle Security Act on Senate Floor
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News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, took to the Senate floor to ask his colleagues’ unanimous consent to pass his bipartisan American Vehicle Security Act (AVSA). The legislation is in response to the U.S. Department ...


Biden Administration Blocks Development of World-Class Mineral Deposit
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark) completed a tour of federal lands and resources in Nevada and California. U.S. Reps. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) and Young Kim (R-Calif.) joined Westerman for visits in their home districts.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led debate on the House Floor today to promote H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act.


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News Release: BOSTON (Jan. 26, 2023) – The City of Chicopee's Industrial Pretreatment Program staff, led by Laurie Goff, was honored for exceptional work inspecting, permitting, and sampling industrial users that discharge industrial waste into the collection system.


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News Release: BOSTON (Jan. 26, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England Office recently awarded four 2022 Regional Wastewater Treatment Awards to New Hampshire wastewater facilities and individuals to recognize them for their commitment to improving water quality.


Chairs Rodgers and Latta Announce First Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing of the 118th Congress
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and incoming Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing on ensuring America continues to lead in the burgeoning satellite communications industry.


Peters & Hawley Call on GAO to Assess Potential National Security Risks & Conflicts of Interest Posed by Consulting Firms that Contract with US and Chinese Governments
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental affairs Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO) are calling on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the national security risks posed by private consulting companies that concurrently...


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News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will speak at a National Press Club’s Headliners Newsmaker on Monday, January 30th at 10:00 AM ET.


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News Release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor this week in celebration of National School Choice Week.


City of Westminster to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency for local businesses through HVAC system upgrades
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News Release: DENVER – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the City of Westminster, Colorado (City) as a recipient of $180,000 in EPA Source Reduction Assistance grant funding to implement pollution prevention practices. The City will use the funding to provide energy assessments and heating, ...


Chairs Rodgers and Latta Announce First Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing of the 118th Congress
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and incoming Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing on ensuring America continues to lead in the burgeoning satellite communications industry.


Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Leaders Call for Full Enforcement of USMCA to Ensure Americans Benefit from Trade Deal
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, called for the administration to continue to press for strong enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to ensure American trading partners live up to their obligations, in a letter today to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai.


Student Loan Roundtable Readout: Borrowers Need Stability
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable to discuss the consequences of the Biden administration’s student loan agenda for borrowers, taxpayers, and servicers.


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News Release: BOSTON (Jan. 26, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England Office recently awarded three 2022 Regional Wastewater Treatment Awards to Rhode Island wastewater facilities and individuals to recognize them for their commitment to improving water quality.


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News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with EAN Holdings, LLC, the operator of Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Truck in Hilo, Hawaii, to resolve a claim of violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Since February 2017, EAN has operated illegal, pollution-causing large capacity cesspools (LCC) serving its check-in site for car and truck rentals. Use of an LCC is a violation of federal regulations.


Comer Announces Committee Organizational Meeting for 118th Congress
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News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced the committee will hold its organizational meeting on Tuesday, January 31 at 11:00am ET. At the business meeting, the committee will consider the proposed committee rules for the 118th Congress and resolutions appointing majority and minority members to the subcommittees.


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News Release: SEATTLE (Jan. 26, 2023) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality $26,730,000 to protect and improve water quality and infrastructure across the state.  Idaho’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund received $17,992,000 and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund received $8,738,000. All the funding is a result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.


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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, released the following statement applauding the first comprehensive report by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on how K-12 schools can improve their cybersecurity defenses. The report was required by a bipartisan law written by Peters to enhance cybersecurity assistance to K-12 educational institutions across the country...


Chair Rodgers Leads Floor Debate on H.R. 21
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led debate on the House Floor today to promote H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act.