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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and emergency responders from PFAS exposure...


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News Release: A Thanksgiving Dinner Cheatsheet for the Biden Economy.


President Biden Doubles Down on His War on American Energy
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News Release: President Biden Doubles Down on His War on American Energy.


Senator Murray Calls for Passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act This Congress
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), joined colleagues, advocates, and pregnant workers in pushing for Senate passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) this Congress to protect pregnant workers and ensure they have the basic workplace accommodations they need to have healthy pregnancies.


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News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS “Set” proposal ...


Families Boxed In With Worry This Holiday Season
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News Release: Families Boxed In With Worry This Holiday Season.


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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s announcement that President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout will remain suspended, and that the Court will take up its challenge next year...


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News Release: Thanksgiving Dinner Gobbles Up 20 Percent More of Americans’ Paychecks.


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News Release: Families and Small Businesses Still Seeing Red on Black Friday 2022.


EPA awards New Jersey nearly $169 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for water infrastructure improvements
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News Release: NEW YORK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded nearly $169 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to New Jersey for water infrastructure improvements that will help communities access clean, safe and reliable drinking water, increase resilience, collect and treat wastewater to protect public health, clean up pollution, and safeguard vital waterways.


Chairman David Scott Statement on EPA Announcement on RVOs
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News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement on the EPA’s announcement of Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...


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News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and David N. Cicilline, Chair of the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding a strong 401-18 bipartisan en bloc vote on H.Res. 744, condemning the Iranian regime’s persecution of the Baha’i people.


Chairman David Scott Statement on Congressional Action to Avert Rail Strike
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Below is a statement from House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott regarding congressional action to avert a rail strike...


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News Release: Brady: Why Are Switzerland and Mexico More Protective of American Medical Innovation than the Biden Admin?.


EPA Settlement Results in Closure of Four Big Island Cesspools
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News Release: HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken an enforcement action against American Savings Bank to close an illegal, pollution-causing large capacity cesspool at the bank’s former branch in Kealakekua. The settlement includes a penalty of $30,427 for having operated an illegal ...


Politicized Public Release of Trump’s Tax Returns Isn’t the Legitimate Legislative Purpose Dems Promised
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News Release: Politicized Public Release of Trump’s Tax Returns Isn’t the Legitimate Legislative Purpose Dems Promised.


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News Release: Receive $600 on Venmo? Your IRS Forms Are Coming in January.


Wyden, Crapo and Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Members Raise Concerns about Process to Approve and Implement Indo-Pacific Trade Pact and Other Trade Agreements
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and 19 bipartisan members raised Constitutional concerns about the process to approve and implement the proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), as well as the need for the administration to increase consultation and transparency.


EPA Announces Proposal to Protect Tribal Reserved Rights in Water Quality Standards and Best Practices for Tribal Treaty and Reserved Rights
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, during the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced a proposal to revise the federal water quality standards regulations to better protect Tribal rights under the Clean Water Act (CWA). With this action, ...


Chair Grijalva Celebrates New Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Actions on Tribal Consultation and Co-Management
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on President Biden’s designation of the nearly 450,000-acre Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada and the administration’s announcement of several new actions to support Indian Country at today’s White House Tribal Nations Summit.