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Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Animal Drugs User Fee Act Reauthorization
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a subcommittee legislative hearing to discuss the reauthorization of Food and Drug Administration animal drug and animal generic drug use free programs.
Chair Rodgers on Fox News: TikTok Will say Anything to Avoid Being Banned
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: TikTok CEO Shou Chew will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee tomorrow to testify about TikTok’s consumer privacy and data security practices, the platform’s impact on kids, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ranking...
EPA Settlement with Cold Storage Warehouse and Distribution Company Helps Make New Bedford and Hartford Communities Safer
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: BOSTON – A cold storage warehouse and distribution company, Maritime International and its subsidiaries, Bridge Terminal and Connecticut Freezers, has paid penalties of over $195,000 to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it violated federal laws regulating companies that handle hazardous chemicals relating to its use of ammonia at facilities in New Bedford, Mass. and East Hartford, Conn.
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means Republicans Urge Biden Administration to Provide Certainty for Seniors Regarding Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chair Vern Buchanan (R-FL), along with...
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce O&I Subcommittee Hearing on President Biden’s Massive Spending Spree
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing to examine the Biden administration’s massive spending spree through the “Infrastructure Investment...
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce O&I Subcommittee Hearing on President Biden’s Massive Spending Spree
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing to examine the Biden administration’s massive spending spree through the “Infrastructure Investment...
United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Holyoke to Reduce Sewage in Connecticut River
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – EPA, The Justice Department, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a consent decree with the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, to resolve the Clean Water Act and Massachusetts state law. The proposed consent decree calls for Holyoke to take further remedial action to reduce ongoing sewage discharges into the Connecticut River from the city’s sewer collection and stormwater systems.
EPA Announces Clean Air Act Violations for Permian Basin Company
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (March 22nd, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order to Chisholm Energy Operating, LLC for emissions from storage tanks that the EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera that detects hydrocarbon leaks, ...
Statement by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan on World Water Day
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON — In celebration of World Water Day, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan issued the following statement: “This World Water Day, I encourage everyone to take a moment to consider how truly fundamental clean water is to the health of our communities and our environment. Clean water is vital for all life on earth. It supports healthy people, thriving communities and productive agriculture.
EPA Settles Claims with Six California Animal Fat and Vegetable Oil Companies
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements with six California companies for claims they failed to comply with Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures requirements for handling oil under the Clean Water Act. The payments to the United States under ...
EPA Orders Companies to Comply with Clean Water Act to Restore Wetlands in Rincón, Puerto Rico
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has taken an enforcement action against Calrincón Corp. and Karimar Construction Inc. for discharging fill material into wetlands without a permit in the Municipality of Rincon, Puerto Rico. “Building on wetlands without ...
Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Hearing on Protecting Americans from Big Tech Censorship
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Preserving Free Speech and Reining in Big Tech Censorship."
Chair Rodgers Announces Full Committee Markup of 19 Pieces of Legislation
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced a Full Committee markup on 19 pieces of legislation.
Chair Rodgers Announces Full Committee Markup of 19 Pieces of Legislation
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced a Full Committee markup on 19 pieces of legislation.
Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Hearing on Protecting Americans from Big Tech Censorship
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Preserving Free Speech and Reining in Big Tech Censorship."
Statement by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan on National Agriculture Day
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON — In celebration of National Agriculture Day, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan issued the following statement: “On this National Agriculture Day, just like every day, I’m grateful for the farmers, ranchers, and laborers who work tirelessly to produce the food, fuel and fiber that powers our Nation’s economy.
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means Republicans Urge Biden Administration to Provide Certainty for Seniors Regarding Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chair Vern Buchanan (R-FL), along with...
Rodgers, Comer Press for Information on Data Breach of Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries’ Personally Identifiable Information
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) today wrote to Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, requesting documents and communications to assist in investigating CMS’s response to a data breach impacting personally identifiable information of approximately 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
E&C Republicans Lead on Legislation to Prevent Biden from Banning Gas Stoves Nationwide
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Vice Chair Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) introduced several bills to protect Americans’ rights and prevent the Biden administration bureaucrats from banning natural gas stoves nationwide...
WaterSense and Its Partners Encourage Homeowners to Fight Water Waste for the 15th Fix a Leak Week
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Water