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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The USEPA and WaterISAC are alerting the water and wastewater systems sector to new information regarding a potential cyber threat to United States critical infrastructure. All water and wastewater system owners and operators should read this alert.   Due to current events between Russia and Ukraine, WaterISAC and the USEPA strongly encourage […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Ranking Member Ann Wagner (R-MO) and the Republican Members of the Committee have released the following joint statement commemorating six months since the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan. Wagner was joined by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA),

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) joined 31 of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the  Never Yielding Europe’s Territory (NYET) Act to provide the critical support Ukraine needs to defend itself and deter Russian aggression today, while imposing real costs on the Kremlin for its ongoing and potential future aggression against

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Susan Collins (Maine), and Joe Manchin (W.Va.), all of whom serve on the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra seeking answers regarding HHS’s recent funding opportunity announcement that could open the door

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation continuing to run at the highest pace in 40 years:  “Families are being crushed under this continued explosive spike in prices. And the only answer from Washington Democrats has been to spend more. The

WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt(Mo.) questioned Gigi Sohn, who has been nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, about information she withheld at a  previous hearing relating to the settlement reached between Locast, where she served as a board member, and television networks

By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Winter Olympics kicked off, and the spotlight of the world is being shined directly on China and the brutal record of its communist regime. Inexplicably, the International Olympic Committee ignored the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) record of murdering its citizens and censoring anyone