107,622. Each digit of that number represents an American who died of a drug overdose in 2021. Hitting even closer to home, right here in Ohio, there were 5,017 drug overdose deaths in one year.
The vast majority of these deaths have been attributed to a deadly, illicit substance that has become a scourge in communities across our nation.
Its name? Fentanyl.
These statistics are… Read more »
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Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), along with the chairs of the subcommittee of jurisdiction, today wrote letters to the Department of Health and Human… Read more »
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the most powerful congressional panels, isn't wasting time moving an agenda focused on an all-of-the-above energy strategy and keeping supply chains open.
The Washington state Republican has carved out an ambitious policy agenda… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Inflation Act, which would require the Biden Administration to publish the inflationary impact of executive orders before enacting them:
“Due to skyrocketing inflation, families, farmers, and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta’s (R-OH5) legislation, the Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining (REFINER) Act, was approved through a bipartisan vote by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security. Latta’s bill will help increase energy refining capacity in the United States. The bill now awaits approval… Read more »
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House Republicans voted Tuesday to advance bills aimed at expanding U.S. energy production and reining in Biden-era environmental regulations.
The legislation would undo some of the administration's most prized bills and regulations related to climate change.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the… Read more »
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House Commerce Committee leadership commended the passage on February 28th, 2023 on the House floor of H.R. 1108, a bill to extend the Federal Communication Commission auction authority deadline to May 19, 2023. The bill was sponsored by Reps. Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). “Spectrum policy is national… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) last week introduced the Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining (REFINER) Act to help increase energy refining capacity in the United States. Reps. Troy Balderson (R-OH12), Greg Pence (R-IN6), and Randy Weber (R-TX29) joined Latta in introducing the legislation.
Over the last several years, North… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) introduced the bicameral Nuclear Fuel Security Act to establish and expand critical U.S. nuclear fuel programs to boost domestic uranium mining, production, enrichment, and conversion capacity.
Latta’s bill is the House companion to legislation introduced in the Senate earlier this week by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Barrasso… Read more »
This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined the Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations to conduct the first field hearing of the 118th Congress at the southern border in McAllen, Texas, to discuss the ongoing border crisis, including Latta’s legislation – the HALT Fentanyl Act – which… Read more »
