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Chairman Scott Leads House Debate of Bill Helping Domestic Violence Survivors Escape Abusers' Debts








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: WASHINGTON, DC - 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...



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Burr Demands Clarity on Admin’s Contradictory COVID-19 Policies After President Declares ‘the Pandemic is Over’


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to increase federal support for local fire departments across the nation. The bill would reauthorize critical...


EPA orders two Coachella Valley mobile home parks to provide safe drinking water
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News Release: EPA orders two Coachella Valley mobile home parks to provide safe drinking water SAN FRANCISCO – On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Emergency Administrative Orders under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act to two mobile home parks located in the ...


Finance Committee Republicans Demand Accountability for Continued Late Release of Medicare, Social Security Trustees Reports
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News Release: Dear Comptroller Dodaro: . The Social Security Act requires that the Boards of Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, as one of their duties, “Report to the Congress not later than the first day of April of each year on the operation and status of the Trust Funds…." Disregarding the...


Leader Rodgers to President Biden: Provide Your Plan to Unwind the Public Health Emergency
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on unwinding the public health emergency (PHE) after President Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic is over.


EPA Kicks-Off ‘Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students’
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the “Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students.” The Challenge invites students to tell stories with videos, written stories, infographics or story maps that illustrate how U.S. businesses are ...


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News Release: La EPA ordena a dos parques de casas móviles del Valle de Coachella que proporcionen agua potable segura SAN FRANCISCO – El miércoles 14 de septiembre, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) emitió Órdenes Administrativas de Emergencia según la autoridad ...


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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 19, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a partnership agreement today with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) pledging a commitment to environmental stewardship and environmental sustainability on golf courses everywhere.


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News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 19, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the start of a hazardous-waste cleanup at the Chudnow Iron and Metal Co. site, 5401 W. State St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In March 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources referred the site to the federal agency for action. EPA anticipates the estimated $1.8 million cleanup will be completed by mid-December.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on unwinding the public health emergency (PHE) after President Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic is over.