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Pallone & Eshoo Praise House Passage of Two Bills that Expand Access to Critical Health Care Services

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed two bills that advance access to health care...


Chairman Connolly Applauds Bipartisan House Passage of Bills to Prioritize Health of Federal Employees, Improve Government Cybersecurity

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2022 and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization Act of 2022 with bipartisan support.


Comer & McCaul Press Blinken on China Detaining U.S. Diplomats in COVID Quarantine Camps

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) today are pressing Secretary of State Antony Blinken for information about the State Department’s efforts to end the detainment of U.S.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a Committee staff analysis detailing efforts by Republicans at all levels of government to ban abortion or impose restrictions that would erect barriers to care, including congressional Republicans’ efforts to impose a national abortion ban.


News Release: Congratulations to Doreen Bogdan-Martin on her historic election victory, becoming the first woman ever to lead the International Telecommunication Union. I’m especially thrilled to see an alumna of the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) bring her ...


News Release: The recently established committee will advise on CHIPS for America's R&D efforts.


Sept. 29, 2022, Update: Champlain Towers South Investigation Completes Site Testing, Announces Next Advisory Committee Meeting

News Release: This summer, members of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) completed testing at the former site of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collecting data to help improve computer models that will be used to evaluate potential causes of the June 2021 collapse. An update on this effort and other work related to the investigation will be presented to the NCST Advisory Committee at a public meeting on Oct. 19, 2022.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 3.



Natural Resources Committee and the bills it addressed on Sept. 29

There was activity on six bills related to the Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 29.


There was activity on four bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on Sept. 29.


Bills addressed by Finance Committee on Sept. 29

There was activity on one bill related to the Finance Committee on Sept. 29.


How politicians on Ways and Means Committee dealt with bills on Sept. 29

There was activity on 11 bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on Sept. 29.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), inquiring into the indefinite postponement of Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland's testimony before the committee. In part, Westerman wrote.


Approval of Expansion of Subzone 61Z; Oldach Associates, LLC; Cataño, Puerto Rico discussed on Sept. 29 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.