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For Immediate Release

May 22, 2019

Contact: Joe LaPaille (Durbin), 202-224-7115

Ira Cohen (Davis), 202-805-1615

DURBIN, DAVIS CALL FOR INCREASED SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN TRAUMATIZED BY VIOLENCE FOLLOWING GAO REPORT FINDINGS

• H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, returns the Consumer Bureau to its intended role as a nonpartisan consumer watchdog that elevates the interests of American taxpayers above those of the special interests. This bill:
• Directs the leadership of the Consumer Bureau to reverse all anti-consumer actions taken under Mr.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA), and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) issued the following statement reaffirming the Ways and Means Committee’s authority and responsibility to conduct oversight over programs in its jurisdiction, specifically the federal foster care program:

WASHINGTON, DC –Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) today released the following joint statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent memo recommending states make a policy change that contradicts congressional intent of the child support enforcement program and threatens vulnerable children’s food security:

WASHINGTON, DC –Top Democrat Committee leaders in the House and Senate today called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to withdraw a proposed rule, “Removing Inability to Communicate in English as an Education Category.” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), House Ways and Means Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K.