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Rodgers, Barrasso Request Accountability Review of Illicit Technology Transfers to China
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Rodgers, Barrasso Request Accountability Review of Illicit Technology Transfers to China



Pallone Joins Other Congressional Leaders In Attending U.N. Climate Conference Cop27 In Egypt
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Pallone Joins Other Congressional Leaders In Attending U.N. Climate Conference Cop27 In Egypt


Chairs Defazio, Pallone, Payne, Jr., And Rush Urge Phmsa To Continue Implementation Of Pipeline Safety Laws
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Chairs Defazio, Pallone, Payne, Jr., And Rush Urge Phmsa To Continue Implementation Of Pipeline Safety Laws


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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following statement after a healthcare staffing company pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday for conspiring with another staffing company not to compete for each other’s nurses and to fix the wages of those nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act:


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Today, House Judiciary Republicans released a new report, “FBI Whistleblowers: What Their Disclosures Indicate About the Politicization of the FBI And Justice Department,” detailing a rampant culture of unaccountability, manipulation, and abuse at the highest level.


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House Republicans on Wednesday questioned Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler over his potential violation of federal transparency laws in 2013, even as the agency he heads seeks to crack down on Wall Street firms for similar missteps.


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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, sent notices to the Justice Department and FBI on Wednesday effectively previewing investigations into the agencies that the committee plans to conduct should Republicans take the majority.


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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY), House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Tom Emmer (R-MN) recently sent a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler denouncing the Biden Administration’s inconsistency and hypocrisy of enforcing record-keeping laws, this time at the SEC.


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Republican Ranking House Judiciary Committee Member Jim Jordan told Biden administration authorities Tuesday to show how their agencies are obeying the Supreme Court’s June West Virginia v. EPA decision limiting the EPA’s power to unilaterally regulate emissions.


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Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding that the Biden administration preserve documents related to the ongoing crisis at the southern border — as Republicans lay the groundwork for investigations and hearings on the matter in the next Congress.


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Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) urged the CEOs of Alphabet and YouTube to take new, aggressive actions to limit the spread of extreme and harmful incel content on their platforms.


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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement in response to a new Department of Justice (DOJ) report assessing DOJ’s response to sexual misconduct by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees:


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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on a letter to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations the law firms’ clients may commit if they pursue Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.


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House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today is raising concerns about the Biden Administration’s aluminum tariff policies and their impact on American consumers in the midst of historic inflation. In a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Ranking Member Comer requests a briefing on the Department’s current assessment of aluminum tariffs, enforcement of exemptions, and inflation.


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Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting all documents and communications related to the Department’s creation of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE).


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House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are raising concerns over the Biden Administration’s unprecedented and deliberate attempt to obstruct the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SIGAR) investigation into the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.


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Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) are pressing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about drug cartels exploiting President Biden’s border crisis to target American children by trafficking “rainbow fentanyl” into the United States.


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Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a report outlining how the Biden Administration and Oversight Committee Democrats have demonized domestic oil and gas production, promoted anti-American energy policies, and failed to produce a comprehensive plan to address high energy prices and ongoing marketplace shortages impacting the American people.