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News Release: President Joe Biden finally figured out how to lower gasoline prices without producing more American energy: drive our country’s economy into a recession.


Neal Statement on August 2022 Jobs Report
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News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) August 2022 jobs report...


Leader Rodgers: One National Privacy Standard is Essential to Protect Americans’ Data
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to Speaker Pelosi’s statement on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act and the importance of the legislation’s preemption provisions to ensure all Americans have the same privacy protections, no matter where they are.


Senator Murray Applauds Biden Administration Announcing the VA Will Provide Abortion Services to Veterans
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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), and a senior member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration taking action to allow the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to provide abortion care to veterans and their eligible dependents to protect the health and life of the mother and in cases of rape or incest.


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Comer, Committee Republicans Seek Clarification on NARA’s Involvement in FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid


EPA Proposes to Stop Authorized Use of Certain PFAS in Pesticide Products
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News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to remove 12 chemicals identified as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the current list of inert ingredients approved for use in pesticide products to better protect human health and the environment.


EPA Announces Dallas Student Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award
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News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS – (Sept. 1, 2022) The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the winner of the President’s Environmental Youth Award, Grade 6-12 category Spencer Jackson Burke of Dallas, Texas.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - After the Biden administration’s offer of sanctions relief to the Maduro regime in exchange for the potential for sham elections in Venezuela, media sources reported additional Americans were taken into the regime’s custody. Despite a commitment by senior State Department officials...


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News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the start of National Preparedness Month was marked by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. Both will serve as National Preparedness Month Congressional Co-Chairs this year.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the award of $3.5 million to an ongoing program that will support projects to protect and restore the nation’s estuaries—those rich, productive coastal habitats where freshwater rivers and streams meet tidal areas. The funds were the second such award from EPA to Restore America's Estuaries (RAE), which manages the competitive National Estuary Program (NEP) Watersheds Grant Program.


EPA cracks down on Pa. company for selling auto parts  that avoid pollution controls with $2.5 million penalty
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 1, 2022) -- Keystone Automotive, a vehicle parts distributor with headquarters in Exeter, Pennsylvania, will pay a $2.5 million penalty for allegedly selling aftermarket devices that were designed to defeat the emissions control systems on cars and trucks, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency announced today.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two listening sessions to collect input on the development of a new grant opportunity made possible by the $100 million investment in the agency’s Pollution Prevention (P2) program from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure ...


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Comer, Foxx, Oversight Republicans Investigate Use of COVID Relief Funds for Schools


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


Comer, Mace: Biden’s Sale of U.S. Oil Reserves to China May Support Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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News Release: Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) are continuing oversight of the Biden Administration’s sale of U.S. oil reserves to Unipec America, a company operated by the Chinese...


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News Release: WASHINGTON – On Aug. 29, 2022, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan awarded a default judgment, granting the proposed $10 million civil penalty against Diesel


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News Release: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), along with Republican lawmakers on both panels, today are pressing Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook’s suppression of the allegations about the Biden family...


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Senator Murray Presses Biden Administration On Plan to Ensure Access to Monkeypox Vaccines


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, every Republican member of the House Committee on Natural Resources sent a letter to Chair Raúl Grijalva, expressing procedural concerns over committee Democrats' sweeping, vague subpoena of FTI Consulting. In part, the members wrote.