House votes
REGULATING OIL AND NATURAL GAS: The House has passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 14), sponsored by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., to disapprove of and nullify a September 2020 Environmental Protection Agency rule concerning methane emissions and oil and natural gas production. A supporter, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., said the rule, by removing direct limits on the emissions, would exacerbate the climate crisis. An opponent, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said cancelling the rule would do little to protect the environment or reduce methane emissions, but would harm American energy security by discouraging natural gas and oil production. The vote, on June 25, was 229 yeas to 191 nays.
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Now that there s light at the end of the tunnel for the pandemic, Virginia s congressional delegation is already looking ahead to the national security issues that might be raised by the next pandemic. Diseases do not stop at national borders, says Congressman Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who represents Fairfax County in Congress.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing earlier this year.
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This week, the House passed his Global Health Security Act, which re-establishes a position dedicated to preparing for pandemics on the National Security Council a position established by Barack Obama and eliminated by Donald Trump.
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