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Finance Democrats Call for More Consumer Protections in Medicare Advantage
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Special Committee on Aging Chair Bob Casey, D-Pa., led 11 Democratic members of the Finance Committee in a call for the Biden administration to implement additional consumer protections in Medicare Advantage (MA), following an increase in reports of deceptive marketing practices aimed at seniors in the program.


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News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding reports of a Russian missile landing in Polish territory, killing two people...


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at a hearing titled “Farm Bill 2023: Rural Development and Energy Programs".


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing that October 2022 was the worst October for border encounters in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) history which makes it clear that this administration must implement policies that will end the border crisis...


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News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the hearing entitled “Farm Bill 2023: Rural Development and Energy Programs."


Construction Begins for Southern Impoundment Cleanup at  San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site
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News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 14th, 2022) — Construction for the final remedy has begun for part of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas, just east of Houston. The work involves excavation and off-site disposal of dioxin-containing wastes from the portion of the site known as the Southern Impoundment, an area of about 20 acres on a small peninsula extending just south of Interstate 10.


Wyden Statement on Trump Targeting of Comey, McCabe
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News Release: Washington, D.C.- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to New York Times reporting on Donald Trump requesting IRS investigations into his political enemies...


Advisory: Wyden to Hold Press Call on 2022 Results, End-of-Year, 2023 Agenda
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, Nov. 15, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.) will hold a press call at 10:00 a.m. to discuss 2022 results, end-of-year priorities, and the 2023 agenda.


EPA and PEMEX Announce Collaboration to Reduce Methane Emissions
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News Release: WASHINGTON —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and PEMEX recently announced a significant collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane, that will advance the ambitious global methane reduction goals of the Global Methane Pledge.


Neal Statement on New Reporting on Trump's Use of IRS to Target Political Enemies
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to reporting that former President Trump repeatedly called for using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to target his political enemies...


Wyden Statement on Resignation of CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden issued the following statement today, following the resignation of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus on Saturday.


EPA Announces Settlements to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations at Four Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois
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News Release: WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced settlements with four separate solar farm owners to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. The alleged violations were construction permit violations and stormwater mismanagement at large-scale ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S. Treasury Department to expand its probe of former President Donald Trump’s use of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to target his political enemies.


September: United States Senate Committee on Finance publishes 21 press releases
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There were 21 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Finance in September.


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There were 47 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in September.


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There were 26 press releases published by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in October.


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There were 18 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in October.


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There were 18 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in October.


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There were 18 press releases published by the House Committee on Natural Resources in October.


Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions publishes seven press releases in October
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There were seven press releases published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in October.