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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement criticizing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposal to revive the Obama administration’s job-killing joint employer standard...


Finance Committee to Consider Favorably Reporting Chief Agricultural Negotiator Nominee
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene an open executive session on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, to consider favorably reporting the nomination of Douglas J. McKalip to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


Murray Marks ERISA Anniversary, Calls for Congress to Confirm Lisa Gomez to Key Role Protecting Families’ Employer-Sponsored Health and Retirement Benefits
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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), introduced a resolution commemorating the 48th anniversary of the signing into law of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)-a landmark law...


EPA community meeting to present update on ethylene oxide risk in Lakewood, Colorado: September 22
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News Release: Lakewood, Colo. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a virtual community meeting on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6:30 p.m. to share information about health risks from the chemical ethylene oxide, or EtO, near the Terumo BCT sterilization facility at 11308 W. Collins Ave. in Lakewood, ...


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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News Release: Washington - Today, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment, Rep. Rashida...


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Capito Statement on EPA’s Proposed Designation of Two PFAS Chemicals as ‘Hazardous Substances’


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul joined Martha Raddatz on “ABC This Week" to discuss President Biden’s recent attacks on Republicans, the DOJ’s unprecedented raid on President Trump’s home, and the latest on Ukraine and Iran.


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News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Albio Sires and Mark Green, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy Subcommittee, issued the following joint statement in response to the assassination attempt against Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner...


Comer Blasts the Treasury Department for Refusing to Provide the Biden Family’s Suspicious Activity Reports
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News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted the Treasury Department for refusing to provide Hunter Biden and other Biden associates and family members’ suspicious foreign business transactions flagged by U.S. banks...



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Manchin, Capito Announce Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Clean Up Orphaned Wells Across West Virginia


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


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


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At Detroit Field Hearing, Members and Witnesses Call for Reforms to Protect Frontline Communities from Corporate Pollution



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Energy & Commerce, Homeland Security Leaders Write Nuclear Regulatory Commission On Dirty Bomb Threat After Government Report Exposes Security Gaps


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Energy & Commerce, Homeland Security Leaders Write Nuclear Regulatory Commission On Dirty Bomb Threat After Government Report Exposes Security Gaps