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Chairwoman Maloney Presses Biden Administration to Increase Testing, Treatment, and Vaccines for Monkeypox Virus


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Wicker Remarks at Nomination Hearing of Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration Nominee Admiral David P. Pekoske


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Wicker, Burr Call on President Biden to Prevent Rail Strike, Avoid Further Supply Chain Crisis


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Wicker Remarks at Nomination Hearing for Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Nominee Dr. Arati Phrabhakar


Meeks, McCaul, Menendez, Risch Send Letter to Biden in Support of Moldova’s Democratic Reform and Anti-Corruption Agenda
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) today sent a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to strongly...


Inflation Soars, GDP Declines: Economy Needs Pro-Growth Policies
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News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the below statement following the release of the personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE), which jumped to 6.8 percent in June, up from 6.3 percent in May.


Neal, Davis Applaud HHS Guidance Safeguarding Resources for Low-Income Parents
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) released the following statement after the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a letter to states that they should exercise their discretion and refrain from collecting child support from very low-income parents during a time of family crisis...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Nancy Mace, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following statements to mark National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, commemorated on July 30, 2022.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and Co-Chair of the Senate Recycling Caucus; Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, led the Senate to pass the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act by unanimous consent.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are leading an effort to expand clean and affordable hydropower around the United States. Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan...


McCaul, House Foreign Affairs Members Send Letter to Secretary Blinken Over Putin’s Propaganda on U.S. Sanctions, Global Food Crisis
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News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: We write to express our serious concern over Vladimir Putin’s efforts to blame U.S. and international sanctions for the current global food crisis and urge the State Department to work with USAID to utilize emergency supplemental funding and with international partners to leverage...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging him to declare a public health emergency in response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are leading an effort to expand clean and affordable hydropower around the United States. Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan...


Barrasso, Marshall Introduce Polygraph Legislation to Protect National Labs
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), and Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced S. 4634, which would require the Department of Energy (DOE) to administer polygraph examinations to non-green card holding foreign ...


Senator Murray Statement on Emergency COVID Funding Bill
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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 the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS), introduced a $21 billion emergency COVID...


McCaul, Meeks, Risch, Menendez Send Letter to Biden in Support of Moldova’s Democratic Reform and Anti-Corruption Agenda
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), today sent a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to...


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Peters and Portman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Support for Victims of Human Trafficking


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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are launching a probe into efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obstruct oversight by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). In a letter to DHS Secretary...


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Peters and Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Simplify Application Process for Federal Disaster Recovery Assistance


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Peters and Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve How Federal Government Communicates with Americans