Category: Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Federal Regulator Sounds Alarm on Declining Electric Grid Reliability

June 14, 2023
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The commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sounded the alarm on a deteriorating U.S. grid in a House hearing on June 13. At one point, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked the commissioners a yes-or-no question: “Has electric reliability worsened or improved over the past three years?” The first answer came from acting FERC…

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70 Percent of Abortion-Related Violence Targets Pro-Life Groups Since Supreme Court Ruling: FBI Director

November 18, 2022
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Pro-life groups have been the victims of about 70 percent of investigations into abortion-related violence since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. The FBI director made the revelation during a Nov. 17 hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, when he was questioned by Sen. Rick Scott…

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House Democrats Block Legislative Amendment to Prevent US Oil Sales to China

July 21, 2022
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House Democrats have blocked a Republican effort to prevent the Biden administration from selling oil from the United States’ strategic reserve to entities with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) offered an amendment as a motion during a House floor debate on July 20, to recommit a legislative spending package (H.R.8294)…

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House GOP Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into TikTok’s Data Sharing Practice in China

July 15, 2022
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Two senior GOP House lawmakers are probing popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok over concerns that its non-public user data could be accessed by its China-based parent company ByteDance, which has ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “TikTok has gone on record numerous times claiming that they do not share Americans’ user data with the…

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Internal Documents Raise Questions on US Grants to China: House Lawmakers

September 8, 2021
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the ranking minority member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and two other Republican representatives, are pressing Dr. Anthony Fauci for answers, after newly disclosed documents revealed that U.S. money went to China for coronavirus research. Among the documents, obtained by The Intercept through the Freedom of Information Act,…

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