Category: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Republican Lawmaker’s Bill Seeks to Phase Out ‘Zombie’ Federal Programs Costing Over $510 Billion

June 19, 2023
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) wants to phase out the more than 1,100 “Zombie” federal agencies and programs that continue for years on end to get over $358 billion annually despite having expired legislative authorizations. The McMorris Rodgers proposal is H.R. 1518, the Unauthorized Spending Act (USA), which she has…

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Republican Lawmaker Seeks to Phase Out ‘Zombie’ Federal Programs Costing Over $510 Billion

June 19, 2023
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) wants to phase out the more than 1,100 “zombie” federal agencies and programs that have continued for years after legislative authorizations have expired, at a cost of more than $358 billion annually. The McMorris Rodgers proposal is the Unauthorized Spending Act (USA), which she has introduced…

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FTC Chair Admits ‘Things Could Have Been Done Better’ as Commission Workforce’s Morale Plunges

April 19, 2023
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Confidence of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) career staff in senior leadership has declined by 34 percent under the management of Chair Lina M. Khan, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) told an April 18 congressional hearing considering a request for a 37 percent budget increase for the storied regulatory agency…

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Senate, House Republicans Challenge Biden Admin to Reveal Funding Plan for $3 Billion Drug Rx Price-Fixing Effort

February 24, 2023
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Two GOP House committee chairmen and the top Senate Finance Committee Republican are challenging President Joe Biden to make public the spending plan for an obscure $3 billion prescription drug price-fixing fund established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. “Unfortunately, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act enacted last year has doubled down on the recent…

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Biden’s China Ties, Covid Origins Top Agenda as House GOPers Plan Most Investigations Since Tea Party Congress of 2011

October 25, 2022
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If there is a House Republican majority when the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2023, it will launch an onslaught of congressional investigations to expose, among much else, what they view as the Biden family’s abuse of public office to enrich themselves. Three House Republican veterans—Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, Rep. Jim Jordan of…

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EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Plan Onslaught of Investigations Into Biden’s China Ties, Virus Origins

October 25, 2022
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If there is a House Republican majority when the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2023, it will launch an onslaught of congressional investigations to expose, among much else, what they view as the Biden family’s abuse of public office to enrich themselves. Three House Republican veterans—Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, Rep. Jim Jordan of…

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Republicans Blast Biden’s Latest Oil Reserve Release; Vocal Support Among Democrats is Sparse

October 20, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s decision to release up to 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an abuse aimed at using the world’s largest such resource to protect vulnerable Democrats from voter wrath over high gas prices. That’s the view of a host of congressional Republicans reacting to the Chief…

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House Administrators Warn Lawmakers to Not Use TikTok

August 11, 2022
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The House Chief Administration Officer  has  warned lawmakers against using TikTok, a popular video-sharing application owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, citing security and privacy concerns. The warning came as growing numbers of congressmen are using  the app to reach out to the younger constituents that are its frequent users. The  cyber advisory issued on…

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68 GOP House Members Urge Biden to Reinstate Sanctions on Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

June 8, 2021
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A top Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee led 67 GOP colleagues to communicate their opposition to President Joe Biden’s waiving sanctions on the Russian pipeline project at the expense of U.S. energy. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La), and Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) sent a letter to…

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