HENRICO, Virginia, July 2 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: Following U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's push, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) announced on Thursday that they will resume accepting new amended and paper-filed tax return cases submitted by congressional offices. Yesterday, the IRS announced that it will immediately begin accepting amended and paper-filed individual cases thr  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 1 -- Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, chairwoman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: The Supreme Court narrowed EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants in its decision in West Virginia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In January 2022, Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) joined Chairs Pallone (D-NJ), Castor (D-FL), and over 190 Members of the House and Senate, in submi  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v. EPA. "Today's Supreme Court ruling is another dangerous setback for our country and the freedoms it promises to the American people. In less than three weeks, the Court's extremist and activist majority has endangered public safety by makin  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on July 1, 2022: * * * Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, voted in the case of West Virginia v. EPA to significantly limit the ability of the federal government to regulate pollution. "This has been a remarkably and uniquely damaging week of decisions from an extremist Supreme Court. Today's decision is not only harmful to ever  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration's final charter school rule which will limit options for students and families: "Union bos  more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, July 2 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after the Supreme Court released an opinion in response to West Virginia v. EPA, gutting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. "Another day, another horrific Supreme Court ruling," said Rep. Frankel. "President Biden and Democrats have fough  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 30 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), issued the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v. EPA. "Every American deserves to breathe clean air and live in a safe and healthy environment. Yet, today's decision jeopardizes that basic right for millions of Americans. For years, there have been coordinated attacks by Republicans and dirty ener  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) today led 46 of her colleagues in introducing a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to designate June as the "Month of Life." "As a mother and grandmother, I know the joy that children bring to a family," said Congresswoman Miller. "All children, no matter th  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on July 1, 2022: * * * Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court announced its ruling in West Virginia v. EPA, which limited the EPA's authority to regulate harmful carbon emissions from power plants. "In today's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court is fundamentally hampering the EPA's ability to fulfill its mission. Climate change  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 2 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on July 1, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) released the following statement regarding United States Supreme Court decision in the West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency case. "Today's decision from this extremist Supreme Court tosses out decades of established EPA authority and precedent under one of the nation's most effective public health laws, the Clean Air Act, in a disgu  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news and letter on July 1, 2022: Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requesting a pause on its proposal to revert ownership and control of the Bush Presidential Museum and educational spaces within the George W. Bus  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's disastrous decision in West Virginia v. EPA, stripping the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s authority to help regulate greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to our climate crisis. "Our climate crisis is a real and existential threat that we need to tackle immediately-  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022, on the Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency: * * * "The Supreme Court's effort to protect polluters that spew poison into our air and water continues apace. "The Republicans on the Supreme Court are not going to allow any meaningful administration efforts to combat climate change. It's crystal clear. "The only way   more