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CONFIRMED: Democrats’ massive tax and spending spree means higher natural gas prices.

09.02.2022

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Leader Rodgers: One National Privacy Standard is Essential to Protect Americans’ Data

09.02.2022

Washington, D.C. -- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to Speaker Pelosi’s statement on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act and the importance of the legislation's preemption provisions to ensure all Americans have the same privacy protections, no matter where they are.

"California—the home of Big Tech and the societal ills it has brought—should not be dictating privacy and data security rules for the rest of the country. Advocacy groups agree, the American Data Privacy...

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Rodgers, Comer, Jordan Introduce Bill to Stop Biden Administration from Pressuring Social Media Companies to Censor Americans

08.31.2022

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) yesterday introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 8752). This...

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Congress is Spending Hundreds of Billions on Zombie Programs, According to CBO

08.31.2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal government continues to spend hundreds of billions of tax dollars annually on more than a thousand government-run programs that Congress has failed to reauthorize, according to a reportreleased today from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). So far, Congress has failed to reauthorize 1,118 appropriations that expired before the beginning of fiscal year 2022, while spending $461 billion this year on programs that have expired authorizations.

“This report again confirms that expired government agencies are on autopilot and operating without proper...

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E&C Republicans Lead to Promote Abundant, Reliable, and Affordable Energy

08.31.2022

We cannot let Europe

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Leaders Rodgers and Brady Demand Transparency from Secretary Becerra on Cure-Killing Price Control Scheme

08.29.2022

Washington, D.C. – In their massive tax and spending spree, Democrats and President Joe Biden just granted U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra sweeping and unprecedented authority to implement government price controls over prescription drugs.

These price controls will lead to fewer cures, more expensive drugs when they launch, and make America more reliant on China’s drug development and manufacturing supply chains. In addition, Secretary Becerra’s new authority to spend $3 billion to create a new government price control bureaucracy also...

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Leader Rodgers Statement on EPA’s Burdensome CERCLA Regulation Proposal

08.26.2022

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly proposed designation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This proposal would allow the federal government to sue anyone it felt was associated with environmental contamination from PFOA or PFOS (and related compounds), even those individuals and entities tangentially connected but not responsible for causing the pollution.

“I support the cleanup of contaminated sites, and efforts to expedite PFOA...

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Big Tech Task Force Unveils Proposals to Protect Kids from Big Tech and Empower Parents

08.25.2022

“Social media endangered my son”

Big Tech is a destructive force that continues to abuse its power to manipulate, harm, and exploit our children for profit. They do this while refusing to publicly acknowledge how their platforms endanger childrens’ mental health and well-being. They are ignoring the parents who are raising the alarm. Parents like:

Bridgette: “The image of my handsome 19-year-old son’s lifeless body is...

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