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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would eliminate an exemption on reporting the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...



Carper Applauds EPA Proposal to Strengthen Reporting of Forever Chemicals
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would eliminate an exemption on reporting the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...


EPA Proposes Rule to Enhance Reporting of PFAS Data to the Toxics Release Inventory
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would improve reporting on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) by, among other proposed changes, eliminating an exemption that allows facilities to avoid reporting information ...


Neal Congratulates Kelly Fay Rodríguez on State Department Appointment
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the departure of Trade and Labor Oversight Counsel Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez, who has been appointed to serve as the U.S. Department of State’s Special Representative for International Labor Affairs...


EPA begins oversight of General Mills/Henkel Corp. Superfund site in Minneapolis; will host Superfund training and open house on Wednesday, December 14
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News Release: CHICAGO (December 5, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the agency will assume investigation responsibilities for the General Mills/Henkel Corp. Superfund site in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To update community members, the agency will host “Superfund 101” training and an open house on Wednesday, December 14.


Chairman Meeks Releases December HFAC Schedule
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the schedule for the month of December.


Legally Binding Agreement Requires Owners of Refinery on St. Croix to Remove Dangerous Chemicals
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News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation LLLP (PHRT) to hire experts to safely remove chemicals that are not being properly managed at the facility in equipment that EPA had identified as being of concern after an EPA inspection. The Order on Consent requires full access for EPA to be on-site to oversee the work and safety measures in the short term until the chemicals are removed or secured.


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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 5, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska to receive $266,064 for a community air pollution monitoring project.


Murray, Colleagues Urge Education Department to Better Protect Students Against Abusive College Recruiting Practices
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), House Education and Labor Committee Chair Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and...


Biden’s So-Called National Parents Council Eats Crow
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News Release: Today Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after Biden’s Department of Education disbanded its partisan national parents council following lawsuits from multiple parental rights groups...


Comer Presses for Docs about President Biden’s Energy Crisis & Secret Deal with Saudi Arabia
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) is launching a broad probe into President Biden’s energy crisis that is harming the pocketbooks of Americans. Ranking Member Comer is calling on senior leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement on the situation in northern Syria...


E&C Republicans to NIH: Turn Over Previously Requested Information Ahead of New Congress
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E&C Republicans to NIH: Turn Over Previously Requested Information Ahead of New Congress





Chairs Thompson, Maloney Request GAO Conduct Review of the Federal Government’s Water Sector Efforts
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Chairs Thompson, Maloney Request GAO Conduct Review of the Federal Government’s Water Sector Efforts


Chairman Krishnamoorthi Presses FTX Leadership for Answers on Company’s Collapse and Full Scope of Financial Harm to Customers
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Chairman Krishnamoorthi Presses FTX Leadership for Answers on Company’s Collapse and Full Scope of Financial Harm to Customers


Comer & McMorris Rodgers Press TikTok on Data Sharing Practices with Communist China
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Comer & McMorris Rodgers Press TikTok on Data Sharing Practices with Communist China