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Tom Carper (D - DE)

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Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Federal Safe Streets and Roads Grant for City of Wilmington
January 31, 2023
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Chairman Carper Announces Environment and Public Works Subcommittee Chairs
January 31, 2023
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Carper, Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Call for Stronger Safeguards to Protect Americans from Chemical Accidents
January 27, 2023
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Carper, Pallone File Amicus Brief Defending States’ Clean Cars Authority
January 20, 2023
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Shelley Moore Capito (R - WV)

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What They Are Saying: Industry Leaders Back Legislation to Reverse Biden WOTUS Rule
February 08, 2023
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Capito Leads All Republican Senators in Formally Challenging Biden WOTUS Rule Through Congressional Review Act
February 02, 2023
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Capito Welcomes Republican Senators Serving on EPW Committee for 118th Congress
February 01, 2023
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Following Capito Letter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delays Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing
January 25, 2023
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s highways, bridges, drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) played a critical role in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law....

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Phasing Down HFCs: The AIM Act

The American Innovation & Manufacturing (AIM) Act is bipartisan legislation authored by EPW Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Senator John Kennedy (R-La.). Now law (Public Law 116-260), the AIM Act directs the EPA to implement an 85 percent phasedown of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (known as HFCs) by 2035...

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Water Resources Development Act

The Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) authorizes much-needed investments in projects and programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) across the country. This bipartisan legislation continues the recent two-year cycle for Water Resources Development Acts, ensuring timely congressional authorization of Corps studies and projects...

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