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Chairman David Scott Releases Statement Following Hearing on A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Broadband


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Chairman David Scott Opening Statement at Hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Broadband”


E&C Republicans: Biden Must Answer for Inflation, Energy, Border, Fentanyl, and Supply Chain Crises
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of 18 Republican-led “Resolutions of Inquiry" that would require the administration to provide certain documentation for oversight of the Biden administration’s handling of crises such as surging inflation, rising energy costs, empty store shelves, chaos at the border, and record-high fentanyl poisonings and deaths.


Republican Senator Blocks Bill to Protect Doctors Providing Legal Abortion Care—Even As Republicans Push National Ban Punishing Doctors
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), took to the Senate floor to seek unanimous consent to pass her Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act to protect doctors’ ability to safely provide abortion care in states where it remains legal.


Neal, Brady Praise Committee Passage of Home Visiting and Mental Health Legislation
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) applauded the Committee’s passage of home visiting and mental health legislation...


House Passes Three Republican Bills Conserving Historic, Scenic Areas
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills under suspension of the rules. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of 24 bills...


McCaul, Meeks Release Statement Following Passage of Russia Cryptocurrency Act
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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 following the passage of H.R. 7338, the Russia Cryptocurrency Transparency Act, on the House floor yesterday...


Pallone Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of 24 bills...


Peters Hearing with Archivist Nominee Highlights Importance of Preserving and Protecting Federal Records
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to consider the pending nomination of Dr. Colleen Shogan to serve as the Archivist of the United States, the chief administrator of the National Archives and Records...


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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 21, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $63 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to Delaware today for water infrastructure improvements in local communities that protect public health and restore water quality.


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News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement following the passage of H.R. 7338, the Russia Cryptocurrency Transparency Act, on the House floor yesterday...


Chair Grijalva Statement on Release of Bill Text for Dirty Permitting Rider
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the release of text for Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.V.) permitting rider that is proposed to be included in the must-pass Continuing Resolution to fund the government.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate has passed legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (MI) to designate the post office located at 404 US-41 North in Baraga County, Michigan as the “Cora Reynolds Anderson...


Committee Democrats Block Government Oversight Requests
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources reconvened a markup and held votes on the five Resolutions of Inquiry (ROIs) submitted by Republican committee members. Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today led his Senate colleagues in ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), by a vote of 69-27.


Allen Demands Accountability, Transparency for Unemployment Insurance Programs
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News Release: Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the massive fraud and mismanagement in the unemployment insurance (UI) programs...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Sept. 21, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine state and local implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today after the Senate voted to ratify the Kigali Amendment, agreeing to join the international community in its commitment to phasing down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs):