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News Release: Halifax, Nova Scotia - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to the administration restarting multiple bilateral dialogues with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), including in climate and trade. The CCP had terminated these dialogues following its own warmongering over Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August.


EPA Announces 22 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $740,000 Awarded in New England
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News Release: BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Healthy Communities Grants across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Two of the awarded grants will provide benefits throughout New England. Today's announcement represents a $744,000 ...


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News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled enforcement actions against two companies that violated state and federal clean air standards by allowing excessive idling of school buses at locations in four Massachusetts communities.


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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the oil refinery on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands may not resume operations without obtaining a new comprehensive Clean Air Act permit. The new permit, called a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit, ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today renewed several requests for information about the Biden family’s influence peddling and suspicious business transactions The Biden Administration and Biden family associates have not complied with these requests.


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News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Republican lawmakers held a press conference revealing evidence of President Biden’s involvement in his family business schemes and several federal crimes that may have been committed by members of the President’s...


New Indy Agrees to $1.1 Million Penalty and Consent Decree to Resolve Imminent and Substantial Endangerment
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News Release: COLUMBIA, SC (Nov. 17, 2022) - On Nov. 16, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina approved a consent decree that resolves allegations that Defendant New Indy Containerboard Catawba LLC’s paper and pulp factory was causing an imminent and substantial endangerment to public ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, 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)...


Rodgers, Latta Commend Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance Transparency of Programs that Promote Affordable Internet Access
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement commending the passage of bipartisan legislation to improve oversight of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline Programs.


Leader Rodgers Applauds Bipartisan Solutions to Encourage Investment and Improve People’s Privacy
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement commending the passage of bipartisan legislation that will strengthen the economy, set uniform national rules for transparency of online marketplaces, and protect American horses.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3630, the Lymphedema Treatment Act...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3630, the Lymphedema Treatment Act...


Barrasso Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a nominations hearing.


Chairs Maloney, Clyburn Release Evidence Facial Recognition Company ID.me Downplayed Excessive Wait Times for Americans Seeking Unemployment Relief Funds
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform, chaired by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, released new evidence that state and federal contractor ID.me inaccurately overstated its capacity to conduct identity...


New Government Watchdog Report: Cybersecurity of Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure is Inadequate, Posing Major Risks
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a new report, which found significant and increasing cybersecurity risks to offshore oil and gas drilling infrastructure, namely equipment operational technology. House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Chair Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) requested the report in December 2021....


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News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Excelitas Technologies Corp. of Salem, Mass., resolving an allegation the company violated the chemical accident prevention requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. A chemical accident at this facility could impact nearby densely populated communities, including areas with disproportionate environmental burdens.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement commending the passage of bipartisan legislation to improve oversight of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline Programs.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $100 Million in Grants to Support Recycling Infrastructure and Education and Outreach
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $100 million in grants for recycling infrastructure and recycling education and outreach projects across the country. EPA has published two Requests for Applications (RFAs) for new recycling infrastructure grants and education and outreach grants totaling $70 million. EPA also announced a new grant program for states and territories totaling $30 million.


Foxx, Smith Demand Answers on Biden’s Student Loan Giveaway to the Wealthy
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News Release: Following a court decision that struck down the Biden administration’s executive order on student loans, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-MO) demanded answers from the Biden administration over its student...