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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.


Ranking Member Boozman’s Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider the Nominations of Jose Emilio Esteban, Vincent Logan and Alexis Taylor
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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 to consider the nominations of Jose Emilio Esteban, Ph.D. to be undersecretary for food safety, Vincent Logan to serve as a member of the Farm Credit Administration and Alexis Taylor to be undersecretary of agriculture for trade and foreign agricultural affairs.


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Nadler, Menendez, Schumer Praise House Passage of Legislation to Provide Justice for 9/11 Families



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FBI allegedly engaging in ‘purge’ of conservative employees, retaliating against whistleblowers


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Durbin Questions New BOP Director During Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing





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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Bureau of Prisons Oversight


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Judiciary Committee Advances Two Circuit Court and Four District Court Nominees


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Durbin, Trone Send Letter Urging Federal Bureau of Prisons to Reduce Solitary Confinement



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Durbin Continues to Call Out Governor Abbott's Political Stunts & Exploitation of Migrant Families


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Durbin, Ossoff, Braun Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Overhaul Federal Prison Oversight


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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Ukraine and Accountability For War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity