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      U.S. Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) participate in a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023.

      DA's Office Tells House GOP to Cease 'Inflammatory Accusations' About Trump Case

      "It appears you are acting more like criminal defense counsel trying to gather evidence for a client than a legislative body."

      Jessica Corbett
      Mar 31, 2023

      On the heels of former President Donald Trump's historic indictment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office on Friday told three top Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House that their "attempted interference with an ongoing state criminal investigation—and now prosecution—is an unprecedented and illegitimate incursion on New York's sovereign interests."

      U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), James Comer (R-Ky.), and Bryan Steil (R-Wis.)—who chair the House Judiciary, Oversight, and Administration committees, respectively—initially wrote to Bragg last week demanding documents and testimony. In response, the general counsel for Bragg's office, Leslie Dubeck, called their requests an "unlawful incursion" into state sovereignty.

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      An ExxonMobil oil refinery, the second-largest in the U.S., is pictured on February 28, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

      Tlaib Blasts Republicans as 'Servants' of Big Oil After House Passes Pro-Polluter Bill

      "This bill wraps climate denial and corporate giveaways into one tidy, toxic package as the world burns," said the Michigan Democrat. "I urge my colleagues in the Senate to not take this legislation up."

      Jessica Corbett
      Mar 30, 2023

      Climate campaigners and congressional Democrats on Thursday called out House Republicans for approving energy legislation that would, as U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib warned, "put polluters over people" by "further poisoning of our air and water."

      The lower chamber passed the GOP-led Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) with a 225-204 vote mostly along party lines: The only Republican who opposed it was Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) and the only Democrats who supported it were Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Vincente Gonzalez (Texas), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.).

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      A gas flare is seen at an oil well site on July 26, 2013 outside Williston, North Dakota.

      House GOP's Energy Package Slammed as Harmful 'Giveaway to Big Oil'

      H.R. 1 "contains more hidden costs that we can count, including more energy waste, more pollution, and a more dangerous future for our kids and grandkids," said one critic.

      Kenny Stancil
      Mar 27, 2023

      As House Republicans prepare to vote on H.R. 1 this week, environmental advocates warned Monday that the sprawling package of fossil fuel-friendly legislation would worsen the climate emergency and biodiversity destruction while saddling U.S. households with higher energy bills.

      H.R. 1, misleadingly titled the "Lower Energy Costs Act" and dubbed the "Polluters Over People Act" by opponents, consists of 15 separate bills and a pair of resolutions. As GOP lawmakers made clear at a legislative hearing held last month and through recent amendments, they're seeking to dismantle a wide range of regulations to boost fossil fuel production and exports despite scientists' unequivocal warnings about the need to prohibit new coal, oil, and gas projects to avert the worst effects of the climate crisis.

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