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Tom Carper (D - DE)

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Chairman Carper's Opening Statement: Hearing on EPA’s Proposed 2024 Budget
March 22, 2023
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Carper, Advocates Call for Further Action on Clean Air and Climate Protections
March 22, 2023
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Carper Statement on EPA’s Final “Good Neighbor” Plan
March 15, 2023
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Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Implementation
March 15, 2023
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Shelley Moore Capito (R - WV)

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VIDEO: Capito Presses Regan on EPA’s ‘Mind-Boggling’ Budget Request, Anti-Energy Impacts of the IRA, Risk Communication
March 22, 2023
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Ranking Member Capito Opening Statement at Budget Hearing with EPA Administrator Regan
March 22, 2023
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Ranking Member Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on Implementation of Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act
March 15, 2023
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VIDEO: Ranking Member Capito, WV DEP’s Emery: Preserve State Flexibility in Addressing Water, Wastewater Needs
March 15, 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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