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News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on H.R. 7345, which creates undue burdens on America’s farmers and limits the opportunities of America’s youth employed on farms...


Wyden Speaks Against Republican Efforts to Protect Wealthy Tax Cheats
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News Release: Mr. President, it’s time for a reality check here in the United States Senate. The far right has an awful lot to say about the IRS these days. Even Senators - who should know better - are spinning wild fantasies about 87,000 agents who are armed to the teeth and coming to the doors of innocent small business people. All this talk is unscathed by the truth.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine four pieces of legislation relating to air quality and pollution...


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Open Executive Session to Consider Chief Agricultural Negotiator
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News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning to vote on the nomination of Mr. Doug McKalip to serve as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator within the Office of the United States Trade Representative.


EPW Holds Hearing on Tennessee Valley Authority Nominees
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety today held a hearing to consider the nominations of William J. Renick, Adam Wade White, and Joe H. Ritch to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors.


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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led every Committee Republican member in sending a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) requesting a hearing to examine the implementation of the Biden administration’s reckless student loan bailout and the continuation of the student loan repayment moratorium.


Schedule Advisory
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News Release: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022- 10:00 AM ET.


Hirono, Warren, Murray, Duckworth Applaud Landmark Abortion Access Measure for Veterans Amid Republican Attacks
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) condemned Republican attacks on the Biden Administration’s landmark decision last week...


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Rodgers, Comer, Jordan Introduce Bill to Stop Biden Administration from Pressuring Social Media Companies to Censor Americans



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CONFIRMED: Democrats’ massive tax and spending spree means higher natural gas prices.


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E&C Republicans Lead to Promote Abundant, Reliable, and Affordable Energy


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ICYMI: Democrats’ Phony Victory Lap at the Pump Leaves Gas Prices Punishingly High


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News Release: NEW YORK – In a move that will protect the nearby community, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is adding the Brillo Landfill in Victory, New York to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), along with four other sites across the country. EPA will also propose two sites to the NPL, where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risk.


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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 7, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding five sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), including the Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa.


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E&C Leaders Request Briefing From Meta On Protecting Reproductive Health Care Privacy


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Chairwoman Maloney, Senator Markey, and Reps. Khanna, Bush, Tlaib Lead Colleagues in Urging Biden Admin. to Strengthen Commitment to Environmental Justice


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Chairs Maloney, Krishnamoorthi Request Information on Inclined Infant Products Amid Ongoing Safety Concerns for Babies


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Oversight & Judiciary Republicans Press Facebook on Censorship of Biden Family Allegations


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Comer, Mace: Biden’s Sale of U.S. Oil Reserves to China May Support Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine