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Chair Rodgers on FTC Chair Khan’s Abuses of Power “Leadership Matters”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Trade Commission Budget."
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EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins 40th Annual Sampling of Great Lakes
News Release: CHICAGO (April 18, 2023) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s largest research vessel, the Lake Guardian, has begun its annual spring sampling survey of water quality and biological life in the Great Lakes. This year marks the 40th anniversary of EPA’s spring and summer water quality surveys in the Great Lakes. In 1983, EPA started annual sampling in Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie; Lakes Ontario and Superior were added to the annual survey thereafter.
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Chair Rodgers: “American Leadership in Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Technology is Critical”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee hearing titled “American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Powering a Clean and Secure Future."
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IDC Subcommittee Chair Bilirakis to FTC: Stop Carrying Out “President Biden’s Leftist Crusade”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce subcommittee hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Trade Commission Budget."
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Energy Subcommittee Chair Duncan: “Nuclear Energy Must be Part of our Energy Matrix”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee hearing titled “American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Powering a Clean and Secure Future."
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University of Connecticut Selected as a Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across New England Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice
News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the University of Connecticut (UCONN) has been selected to serve as an "Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center" (EJ TCTAC) that will receive at least $10 million to help communities across the New England region and elsewhere access funds from President Biden's Investing in America agenda. This includes historic investments to advance environmental justice.
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information on Ensuring Safe, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Energy Regulation
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) last week requested information...
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information on Ensuring Safe, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Energy Regulation
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) last week requested information...
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EPA begins groundwater contamination investigation at Spring Well Field Superfund site in Spring Park, Minnesota Park Municipal
News Release: Next week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin an investigation to determine the scope of groundwater contamination at the Spring Park Municipal Well Field Superfund site in Spring Park, Minnesota.
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EPA Selects University of Washington and Willamette Partnership to Serve as Technical Assistance Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice
News Release: SEATTLE (April 17, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the University of Washington and the Willamette Partnership are among 17 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (EJ TCTACs) across the nation selected to receive a total of more than $177 million to help remove barriers and improve access for communities with environmental justice concerns.
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EPA Fines Two Companies for Clean Water Violations at Hotel Construction Site in Luquillo, Puerto Rico
News Release: PUERTO RICO - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has taken an enforcement action against Northshore Management Corporation and Luquillo Hotel Company, LLC for failure to comply with permit notification requirements under the Clean Water Act. The companies will pay a total fine of $30,000 for the violations, which were related to the construction of the Fairfield Inn and Suites Hotel & Casino project in Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
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Vermont Organization Selected as Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across New England and USA to Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice
News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Montpelier, Vermont-based Institute for Sustainable Communities has been selected to serve as an "Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center" (EJ TCTAC) which will each receive at least $10 million to help communities across the United States access funds from President Biden's Investing in America agenda. This includes historic investments to advance environmental justice.
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E&C GOP Implore Biden Commerce Official to Speak Out Against TikTok at Ethics Summit
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith...
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Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Illegal Expansion of Government Sponsored Health Benefits
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following the statement after the Biden administration announced an illegal plan to-without congressional approval-alter the definition of “lawful presence" to give health care benefits to individuals in the United States under the DACA program...
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Biden-Harris Administration Selects University of Minnesota to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that University of Minnesota has been selected to serve as an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC). The University will receive at least $10 million to help communities across the Region 5 access funds ...
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E&C GOP Implore Biden Commerce Official to Speak Out Against TikTok at Ethics Summit
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith...
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Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Illegal Expansion of Government Sponsored Health Benefits
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following the statement after the Biden administration announced an illegal plan to-without congressional approval-alter the definition of “lawful presence" to give health care benefits to individuals in the United States under the DACA program...
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EPA Publishes a New Online Resource to Help Prevent Heavy Metal Exposures in Children
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released an online resource guide that connects the public to a suite of federal, state, and local resources in multiple languages on preventing heavy metal exposures from cultural products. Children and those who are pregnant are especially vulnerable ...
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National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.
News Release: WASHINGTON (April 14, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the National Wildlife Federation has been selected to serve as an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTACs) that will receive at least $10 million to help communities across the EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region access funds from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. This includes historic investments to advance environmental justice.
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EPA Outlines Expedited Efforts to Investigate and Address Contamination at Lower Neponset River Superfund Site
News Release: BOSTON – (April 14, 2023) Today in Mattapan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator David Cash met with U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, City of Boston officials, and local residents to discuss EPA's ongoing efforts to expedite assessment and cleanup work associated with ...