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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging HHS to take all steps necessary to ensure patients can safely and easily access the antiviral medication...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



AI May Come to the Rescue of Future Firefighters

News Release: In firefighting, the worst flames are the ones you don’t see coming. Amid the chaos of a burning building, it is difficult to notice the signs of impending flashover - a deadly fire phenomenon wherein nearly all combustible items in a room ignite suddenly. Flashover is one of the leading causes of firefighter deaths, but new research suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could provide first responders with a much-needed heads-up.


News Release: Washington D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks before Rules Committee today on H.R. 5376, the Democrats’ plan for more inflation, higher taxes, unreliable & unaffordable energy, fewer but more expensive lifesaving cures, and an emboldened China.


News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo held a first in-person meeting with Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell to congratulate him on his appointment as Minister earlier this summer. The two discussed shared priorities for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), ...


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for July 2022. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. The BFS are a standard data product of the Census Bureau, developed in research collaboration...


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Comer, Committee Republicans Demand Answers About the FBI and NARA’s Investigation of Trump

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans expressed serious concerns over the recent unprecedented raid of the former president’s residence and the Biden Administration’s ongoing efforts to weaponize the Federal Bureau of...


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting discussed on Aug. 10 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There was activity on four bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on Aug. 9.



News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5.8 million grant to Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown, Maryland, to fund the renovation of a building needed to house workforce training programs to help diversify and grow the economy in a region impacted by the declining use of coal. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


DOC grant application closes on Feb. 15

FY23-24 CRCP State and Territorial Coral Reef Conservation Cooperative Agreements grant opened on Aug. 10.


Natural Resources Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 9

There was activity on one bill related to the Natural Resources Committee on Aug. 9.



E&C GOP Leaders to HHS Secretary: The Biden Admin Underestimated Monkeypox Outbreak

News Release: Washington, D.C. -In a new letter, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are raising the alarm about the Biden administration’s...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after President Biden signed H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, into law, which passed the House last month...


Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the at the White House CHIPS and Science Act Signing Ceremony

Release: Hello, everyone. This is an exciting day! Thank you, Speaker Pelosi, for that introduction. It’s wonderful to be here with you.