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O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith Calls HHS’ Handling of Unaccompanied Minors an “Abject Failure”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Insights from the HHS Inspector General on Oversight of Unaccompanied Minors, Grant Management, and CMS."
Chair Rodgers on FTC Chair Khan’s Abuses of Power “Leadership Matters”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
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."
Chair Rodgers Demands Answers on How Biden Admin Ignored Unaccompanied Children at the Border
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Insights from the HHS Inspector General on Oversight of Unaccompanied Minors, Grant Management, and CMS."
Chair Rodgers on FTC Chair Khan’s Abuses of Power “Leadership Matters”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
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."
EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins 40th Annual Sampling of Great Lakes
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
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.
Chair Rodgers: “American Leadership in Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Technology is Critical”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
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."
IDC Subcommittee Chair Bilirakis to FTC: Stop Carrying Out “President Biden’s Leftist Crusade”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
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."
Energy Subcommittee Chair Duncan: “Nuclear Energy Must be Part of our Energy Matrix”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
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."
Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information on Ensuring Safe, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Energy Regulation
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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 from nuclear energy stakeholders on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) regulatory efforts to ensure safe, efficient, predictable regulation for the nuclear industry in the U.S.
E&C GOP Implore Biden Commerce Official to Speak Out Against TikTok at Ethics Summit
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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 (R-VA) today sent a letter to Matthew Axelrod, the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the Department of Commerce, informing him of recent testimony provided by TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and imploring him to speak out at the upcoming Global Ethics Summit in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Illegal Expansion of Government Sponsored Health Benefits
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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:
Congressional Republicans Call for Reconsideration of Administration’s Anti-Innovation Drug-Price Policy
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-ID), raised concerns with the Biden administration’s initial drug price-setting program implementation guidance document.
Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Legislative Hearing on Unleashing U.S. Communications Innovation
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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 “Breaking Barriers: Streamlining Permitting to Expedite Broadband Deployment.”
Chair Rodgers on Biden’s New EPA Tailpipe Proposals: It Will Make New Vehicles Unaffordable
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement of two new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to make vehicles even more expensive for Americans.
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Existing Healthcare Workforce and Primary Care Programs
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a legislative hearing on examining current federal government programs to support health care work force and improve primary care.
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce O&I Subcommittee Hearing on Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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 discuss the role of data brokers and online privacy protections.
Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information on Ensuring Safe, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Energy Regulation
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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 from nuclear energy stakeholders on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) regulatory efforts to ensure safe, efficient, predictable regulation for the nuclear industry in the U.S.
Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Illegal Expansion of Government Sponsored Health Benefits
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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:
Congressional Republicans Call for Reconsideration of Administration’s Anti-Innovation Drug-Price Policy
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-ID), raised concerns with the Biden administration’s initial drug price-setting program implementation guidance document.
Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Legislative Hearing on Unleashing U.S. Communications Innovation
By EPA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
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 “Breaking Barriers: Streamlining Permitting to Expedite Broadband Deployment.”