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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for Thursday May 25, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Buchanan, Blumenauer Demand Answers After Alarming Spate of Recent Racehorse Deaths
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023 and letter: U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) announced today that they led a letter to the new U.S. horseracing regulator demanding answers following the alarming deaths of nine thoroughbreds in the weeks surrounding this year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Buchanan and Blumenauer were joined on the letter by a bipartisan group of 14 other members of the U.S. House  more

Department of Energy Proposed Rule Regulates Gas Stoves Out of Existence, Further Strangles U.S. Consumer Choice
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled, "Consumer Choice on the Backburner: Examining the Biden Administration's Regulatory Assault on Americans' Gas Stoves." Subcommittee members discussed with witnesses how the Department of Energy's (DOE) proposed rule regulating gas stoves is a de facto   more

Guthrie's MVP Act Passes Full Committee
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on May 24, 2023: * * * House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement praising the passage of the Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act through the full Energy and Commerce Committee. "The Medicaid VBPs for Patients Act would help get life-saving treatments to the most vulnerable patients across the country. "With the flexibility this  more

House Committee Chair Comer, Foxx: Biden Administration Hijacking Court System to Enact Radical Student Loan Cancellation Agenda
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023, and letter: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) today are raising concerns about the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to hijack the court system to enact a radical student loan cancellation agenda. In a  more

House Oversight Committee Chair Comer Demands Biden Administration Cooperate With Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on senior officials in the Biden Administration to fully cooperate with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The Oversight Committee has obtained testimony from Inspector General John Sopko that the Department of State, Dep  more

House Oversight Committee Chair Comer, Sen. Grassley Blast FBI for Refusing to Provide Subpoenaed Record Alleging Then-VP Biden Engaged in Bribery Scheme
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023, and letter: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today are blasting FBI Director Christopher Wray for defying a congressional subpoena for an unclassified record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The d  more