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Grassley Presses Justice Dept., FTC On Need For Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement In Ag, Prescription Drug Industries At Oversight Hearing




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News Release: House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee leaders introduced legislation to honor the late Congresswoman Walorski by reauthorizing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The bill increases funding for services that aid new parents and their children...


Oversight Committee Passes Legislation to Expand D.C.’s Autonomy, Protect the Health of Federal Employees
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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee voted favorably to approve the District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act, the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2022, and several other bills to improve government operations...


Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to West Virginia
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 20, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $83 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to West Virginia today for water infrastructure improvements.


Comer: We Must Deliver Transparency About Biden Family’s Shady Business Deals
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News Release: WASHINGTON-At today’s markup, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks in support of H. Res. 1243, which requires President Biden to hand over documents related to the Biden family’s international business schemes and influence peddling. The resolution...


Foxx Stands Up for Borrowers
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in opposition to S. 1098, the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act, because of its flawed design, inability to provide borrowers stuck in joint consolidated loans immediate relief, and failure to protect taxpayers...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve our nation’s ability to prevent foreign governments, including adversaries like the Chinese and Russian Governments,...


Portman: August CBP Stats Show Record More Than Two Million Border Encounters in Fiscal Year 2022
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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 2022 has already had two million border encounters, more border encounters than any year on record which makes it clear that this administration must take action to address the border crisis...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Committee on Natural Resources today announced House passage of seven Natural Resources bills under suspension of the rules...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the bipartisan Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act to better ensure products invented as a result of funding provided...


Chairman David Scott Announces Fall Intern
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News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott is pleased to announce the fall intern for the Democratic staff of the House Agriculture Committee.


EPA Career Employee Earns Prestigious Public Service Award for Landmark Ozone and HFC Actions
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News Release: WASHINGTON — Today the Partnership for Public Service announced it had awarded the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in Science, Environment, and Technology to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Cindy Newberg. Newberg, Director of the Stratospheric Protection Division in the Office ...


Chair Abigail Spanberger Opening Statement at Hearing "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on Title II Conservation Programs"
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News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Abigail Spanberger delivered the following statement at today's hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on Title II Conservation Programs."


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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 20, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $46.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to Virginia today for water infrastructure improvements. An additional $80 million will be awarded in the coming weeks. President Biden’s BIL allocates more ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize Federal Executive Boards (FEBs), which help improve collaboration among federal agency offices...


Foxx Introduces Legislation to Give Borrowers Timely Relief
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by many colleagues, introduced the Simplified Joint Consolidation Separation Act (H.R. 8909), which will establish a more efficient process for separating joint consolidation loans to ensure timely relief for borrowers.


Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce Leaders Honor the Late Congresswoman Walorski with Maternal and Child Home Visiting Legislation
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News Release: House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee leaders introduced legislation to honor the late Congresswoman Walorski by reauthorizing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The bill increases funding for services that aid new parents and their children...