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Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, outlined the threats to our nation at a hearing titled: “Threats to the Homeland.”


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oday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the ongoing crisis at the southern border at a hearing titled: “Threats to the Homeland.” Senator Portman pressed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to acknowledge that the Biden administration is responsible for the crisis at the southern border due their failed policies which have resulted in the highest level on record of unlawful migrants, unaccompanied children, and deadly narcotics like fentanyl coming into our country.


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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40) released the following statement on Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s call for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign and threat to impeach him


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Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced that it will extend the pause on student loan repayment, collections, and interest accrual.


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Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service announced proposed updates to strengthen food assistance for participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.


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During an inflation crisis, a worker shortage, continued supply chain disruptions, and a looming recession, now is not the time to put additional burdens on job creators.


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Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s decision to extend the student loan repayment pause for the sixth time:


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Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) released the following statement after President Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions and exercising shareholder rights:


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America has a problem: with more than 10 million unfilled jobs and a monumental skills gap, the United States is approaching dire economic straits.


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Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing attacking job creators and industry leaders under the guise of worker safety:


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Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s final rule ensuring financial advisors can consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in their investment decisions for retirement investments.


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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40) released the following statement on Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s call for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign and threat to impeach him


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be cracking down on sugar products made by forced labor in the Dominican Republic...


Comer: China cannot be allowed to jeopardize American food security
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Congressman James Comer recently said ownership of American farmland by the Chinese government is a direct threat to our country's national and food security.


Reps. Carbajal, Baird, Hayes Conclude Bipartisan Agriculture Committee Delegation Trip to Cuba
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jim Baird (R-IN) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) concluded their bipartisan congressional delegation trip to Cuba as representatives of the United States and the House Agriculture Committee.


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News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the United States’ accreditation of observer status for the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) on November 22 during AIPA’s general assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.


Leaders Rodgers and Cole to Biden Administration: Don’t Punish Doctors, Nurses and Frontline Workers
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Republican Leader Tom Cole (R-OK) issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars out of the Provider Relief Fund on a COVID-19 vaccine campaign...


Rodgers, Comer Press TikTok on Data Sharing Practices with Communist China
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) are raising concerns TikTok provided misleading or false information to the committees about its data sharing and privacy practices...


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News Release: CHICAGO (Nov. 21, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued orders to drinking water systems in Maywood and Lansing, Illinois, for failing to meet requirements under America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. EPA took action to ensure Lansing certifies its risk assessment and Maywood certifies its risk assessment and emergency response plan.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) are raising concerns TikTok provided misleading or false information to the committees about its data sharing and privacy practices...