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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.


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Senator Murray on Biden Forgiving Student Debt: “Life Changing for Borrowers”


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Murray, Menendez, Kaine, Gillibrand, Sarbanes, Courtney, Hayes, Manning Lead 100+ Colleagues in Calling on Biden Admin to Extend PSLF Waiver Deadline


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HELP Ranking Member Burr Statement on Biden’s Illegal Student Loan Debt Cancelation


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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee reached an agreement to end litigation filed by former President Trump and require the former President’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, to turn over his financial records to the Committee...


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News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 31, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant site in Fridley, Minnesota, is a winner of a “National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse” award which recognizes the innovative thinking and cooperation among federal and state agencies, local partners and developers that led to noteworthy restoration and reuse of federal facility sites.


E&C Leaders Request Briefing from Meta on Protecting Reproductive Health Care Privacy
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today seeking answers following recent reporting on the company releasing users’ sensitive data, including private communications related to abortion in state criminal proceedings.


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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 10 winners of the Let’s Talk About Heat Challenge. Winners will receive prizes of $12,000 each for their innovative strategies and messages to raise awareness of extreme heat risks and protect public health, especially in ...


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There was one press release or notice published by the House Committee on Appropriations in August.