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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement regarding the most recent coup in Burkina Faso.


Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Plans to Ease Sanctions on Venezuela
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding reports that President Joe Biden plans to lift sanctions on Venezuela rather than encouraging more American oil and gas production.


Nadler & Cicilline Introduce the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Chair of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, last week introduced a bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining ...


Chairwoman Stabenow Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider USDA and Farm Credit Administration Nominees
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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 to consider the nominations of Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban, of California, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety ...


Leader Rodgers Statement on OPEC+ Cutting Production by 2 Million Barrels Per Day
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after OPEC+ announced it would cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. This production cut comes after President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia in July to ask for more oil production overseas.


EPA Awards $6.4M for Research to Support National Water Reuse Efforts
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced research grants totaling $6.4 million to Iowa State University and the Water Research Foundation for research to support national efforts to reduce technological and institutional barriers for expanded water reuse. “Safe and reliable ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today announced that the U.S. Senate confirmed Mr. Vincent Garfield Logan, of New York, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today announced the Committee voted to advance the nominations of Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban, of California, to ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) and Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to accelerate the expansion of margin protection tools to help more producers address the increased risk associated with elevated production costs such as fuel and fertilizers.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a business meeting to review the nominations of Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban, of California, ...


EPA Announces Innovative Effort to Bring New Chemicals Used in Electric Vehicle, Semiconductor, Clean Energy Sectors to Market
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new effort under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to implement a streamlined and efficient process under the New Chemicals Program to assess risk and apply mitigation measures, as appropriate, for new chemicals with applications in batteries, electric vehicles, semiconductors and renewable energy generation.


Neal Leads Congressional Delegation to Stuttgart, Geneva
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News Release: GENEVA, Switzerland-House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) is leading a Congressional delegation to visit the U.S. Africa and European military commands, based in Stuttgart, Germany, and the International Labour Organization and World Trade Organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland, while also holding bilateral discussions with key trading partners.


Leader Rodgers Statement on OPEC+ Cutting Production by 2 Million Barrels Per Day
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after OPEC+ announced it would cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. This production cut comes after President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia in July to ask for more oil production overseas.


4-H Caucus Co-Chairs Lead Senate Efforts in Support of National 4-H Week
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The co-chairs of the Senate 4-H Caucus, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Boozman (R-AR), championed a resolution supporting “National 4-H Week" that was unanimously adopted by the chamber last week.


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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 5 , 2022) – Today at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox joined EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister for the Midwest stop on the Clean Water Act 50th anniversary celebration tour.


Stabenow Releases Statement, Fact Sheet on Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Work; Will Address White House Conference Today
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will address the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health today as part of a panel with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, House Appropriations ...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after OPEC+ announced it would cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. This production cut comes after President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia in July to ask for more oil production overseas.


EPA Awards $3.2M Research Grant to Iowa State University
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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 5, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a $3.2 million research grant to Iowa State University to fund research that will support national efforts to reduce technological and institutional barriers for expanded water reuse.


Westerman Statement on Biden Administration Further Depleting SPR Following OPEC Production Cuts
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, OPEC+ announced it will be cutting oil production by approximately 2 million barrels per day. The Biden administration responded by saying it will draw downanother 10 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) next month. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


McCaul, Meek: Cryptocurrency can 'mask the origins of transactions'
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The Russia Cryptocurrency Transparency Act passed by the House of Representatives would require the State Department to report directly to Congress on payments regarding cryptocurrency.