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McCaul, Meeks Issue Statement on Sudan’s Draft Transitional Constitution Framework
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) issued the following statement.


Chairwoman Maloney Asks NARA to Assess Missing Presidential Records from Former President Trump
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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Ms. Debra Steidel Wall, Acting Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), regarding former President Trump’s decision to remove from the White House and...


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News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (De septiembre 13, 2022) – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) está comprometida a reducir los riesgos para la salud de la contaminación tóxica del aire y está trabajando para actualizar y fortalecer las normas de la Ley de Aire Limpio correspondientes ...


Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to Receive More Than $300,000 of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Prevent Road Salt Pollution
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News Release: NEW YORK – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe has been selected to receive one of the first pollution prevention (P2) grants to be awarded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a historic $100 million to fund pollution prevention ...


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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 13, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will offer free residential lead testing, as part of a new sitewide assessment at the Cherokee County National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund Site in southeastern Kansas. EPA will investigate contamination within the site boundary (see map at right, click to enlarge).


Four press releases published in August by House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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There were four press releases published by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in August.


House Committee on Foreign Affairs publishes 27 press releases in August
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There were 27 press releases published by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in August.


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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 about President Biden’s inflation rally at the White House. On President Biden’s watch, inflation remains at a 40-year high, oil and natural gas prices surpassed historical records, grocery prices surged 13.5 percent this month, and people’s wages can’t keep up with rising costs.


Murray Leads 29 Senators in Urging Biden Admin to Strengthen Privacy Protections for Women Seeking Reproductive Health Care
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News Release: Dear Secretary Becerra: Since the Supreme Court’s decision to strip away the constitutional right to abortion, patients across the country have lost access to reproductive health care, and providers have scrambled to adapt to the immense confusion, fear, and upheaval this ruling has caused. In some...


Peters & Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Cooperation Between Federal and Local Governments to Protect Communities from Hazardous PFAS Chemicals
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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 Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve coordination between federal and local governments to protect Americans from exposure to toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl...


EPA Announces $18 Million WIFIA Loan to Helix Water District for Drinking Water Resiliency in San Diego County
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, at an event in Southern California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an $18 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Helix Water District in San Diego County, California to support the Drinking Water Reliability Project. With EPA’s WIFIA loan, Helix Water District will increase the region’s drinking water resiliency by expanding water reuse opportunities and reducing reliance on imported water.


Crapo on Persistently High Inflation
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News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the below statement following the release of the consumer price index (CPI) for August, which came in higher than expected at 8.3 percent and remains more than double the historic long-run average of 3.3 percent.


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There were 27 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in August.


Sen. Murray Statement on Republicans’ National Abortion Ban: “Chilling”
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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), issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ introduction of a federal ban on abortion.


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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 about President Biden’s inflation rally at the White House. On President Biden’s watch, inflation remains at a 40-year high, oil and natural gas prices surpassed historical records, grocery prices surged 13.5 percent this month, and people’s wages can’t keep up with rising costs.


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There were 34 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in August.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael T. McCaul, Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement...


HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Key DOL, EEOC Nominees, Murray Pushes for Quick Confirmation
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing to consider the nominations of Karla Gilbride to be General Counsel of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the...


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There were 34 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in August.


EPA to Hold Community Meeting in Athens, Texas, on Health Risks from Ethylene Oxide Emissions
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News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Sept. 13, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is committed to reducing health risks toxic air pollution and is working to update and strengthen Clean Air Act standards for commercial sterilizers to achieve that goal. As part of that process, EPA is reaching out to ...