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Wyden, Grassley, Cardin, Young Raise Conflict of Interest Concerns Related to National Academies Report on Organ Donation System
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Todd Young, R-Ind., raised concerns regarding conflicts of interest at the National Academy for Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) after it published a report on the organ procurement and transplantation system that mirrored recommendations supported by industry groups.


EPA Announces 6 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $190,000 Awarded in Rhode Island
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News Release: BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of six Healthy Communities Grants in Rhode Island out of 22 grants across New England. Today's announcement represents a $191,000 investment for Rhode Island community projects that will help to make progress on crucial public health, environmental and climate resilience related challenges ranging from much needed food waste diversion to floodplain protection and toxics awareness.


EPA to Host December 1 Virtual Community Meeting  for Allentown Residents
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 18, 2022) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a virtual community meeting for residents of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to share information about health risks from the chemical, ethylene oxide or EtO. The community meeting will take place virtually on December 1 at 6 ...


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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 on the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) new broadband maps and the importance of every American having access to reliable broadband services.


La EPA organizará una reunión comunitaria virtual del 1 de diciembre para los residentes de Allentown
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News Release: FILADELFIA (18 de noviembre de 2022) – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) organizará una reunión comunitaria virtual para los residentes de Allentown, Pensilvania, a fin de compartir información sobre los riesgos para la salud que plantea el agente químico ...


Ranking Member Boozman Opening Statement at Hearing Entitled “Farm Bill 2023: Rural Development and Energy Programs”
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Ranking Member Boozman Opening Statement at Hearing Entitled “Farm Bill 2023: Rural Development and Energy Programs”


Ranking Member Boozman Statement on Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022
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Ranking Member Boozman Statement on Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022


Chairwoman Stabenow Opening Statement at Hearing on Rural Development and Energy Programs
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Chairwoman Stabenow Opening Statement at Hearing on Rural Development and Energy Programs


Statement of Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
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Statement of Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee


 Chairman David Scott Statement on Contract Negotiations Between American Railroads and Union Workers
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Chairman David Scott Statement on Contract Negotiations Between American Railroads and Union Workers



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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.