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McCaul Sends Letter to President Biden Urging Engagement with Congress on Iran Deal Negotiations
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10) sent a letter today to President Biden expressing concerns over the lack of recent engagement with Congress regarding a new Iran nuclear deal.


Barrasso: Biden Administration must stop subverting law on oil and natural gas lease sales
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement regarding a district court decision on oil and natural gas lease sales on federal lands. Today’s ruling in the Fifth Circuit strikes down a lower court decision that blocked President Biden’s ban on energy leasing.


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News Release: Today, bipartisan leaders from the House Committee on Energy & Commerce and House Committee on Homeland Security sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) urging the agency to take immediate action to address vulnerabilities in its oversight of purchases of radiological materials. Last...


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News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “The Ingraham Angle" with Laura Ingraham on Fox News to discuss Dr. Fauci’s announced retirement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and why that will not help him skirt congressional oversight.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10) sent a letter today to Secretary Blinken regarding ongoing disputes between the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) across a range of issues that threaten Iraq’s stability and economic...


Brady: It’s Simple – Far More IRS Agents Means Far More Audits
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News Release: Brady: It’s Simple - Far More IRS Agents Means Far More Audits.


House Democrats Advance Sham Wildfire, Drought Legislation
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2022 - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


House to Vote on Package of Bills to Address Wildfire and Drought Resiliency This Week
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow, Thursday, July 28, the House is expected to consider and vote on H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act (WRDR Act), led by National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee Chair Joe Neguse (D-Colo.). The legislative package includes text from 49...


Leader Rodgers Statement on Dr. Anthony Fauci
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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 after Dr. Anthony Fauci announced his plans to step down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.


Chair Grijalva Celebrates Bipartisan House Passage of Big Cat Public Safety Act, Other Natural Resources Bills
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on House passage of H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public Safety Act, by a bipartisan vote of 278-134. This legislation, introduced by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Jan. 11, 2021, will prohibit private possession and breeding of big cats (e.g., lions and tigers) and restrict direct contact between the public and big cats.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after Dr. Fauci announced his intent to retire from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in December 2022...


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News Release: Twice As Many Independent Voters Believe Biden’s Bill Will Make Inflation Worse Than Better.


Chair Grijalva, Rep. Porter Send Second Request Letter to Fossil Fuel Public Relations Firm FTI Consulting, Threaten Subpoena
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.) today sent a second letter to oil and gas public relations (PR) firm FTI Consulting requesting any of the firm’s PR work, marketing...


ICYMI: Environmental Justice for Standing Rock, Environmental Justice for All
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News Release: In advance of this morning’s Natural Resources Committee markup on the Environmental Justice For All Act, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairwoman Janet Alkire published the following opinion piece in The Hill...


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News Release: Brady: Middle Class Four Times More Likely to Be Hit With a Tax Hike Under Biden’s Bill Than Get Any Relief.


Chair Grijalva Introduces Bill to Protect Tribal Cultural, Historical, and Natural Resources of Great Bend of the Gila in Southern Arizona
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act to protect one of the most culturally significant and ecologically fragile landscapes in the southwestern United States. The bill will establish the 330,000-acre Great Bend of the Gila National Conservation Area, the 47,000-acre Paolo Verde National Conservation Area, and nearly 60,000 acres of new wilderness.


Companion to Banks' bill to expand sanctions on Uyghur human rights abusers introduced by Menendez, Rubio
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced companion legislation to House Armed Services Committee Member Jim Banks’ bill, the Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act, to expand the current scope of sanctions on those committing human rights abuses against Uyghurs.


Leader Rodgers Statement on Dr. Anthony Fauci
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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 after Dr. Anthony Fauci announced his plans to step down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two Republican natural resources bills. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


Fact Check: Independent Studies Debunk Key Claims About Democrats’ Inflation Bill
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News Release: Fact Check: Independent Studies Debunk Key Claims About Democrats’ Inflation Bill.