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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key health care provisions that will lower the cost of health care and lifesaving prescription drugs for Americans...

Crapo Votes Against Democrats’ Damaging Tax-and-Spend Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today voted against the Democrats’ mislabeled “Inflation Reduction Act," a partisan, filibuster-proof budget proposal that does nothing to bring the economy out of stagnation and recession, and instead gives Americans higher taxes, more spending, higher prices and an army of IRS agents.

Crapo Offers Amendment to Protect Middle Class, Small Businesses from Supersized IRS

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) filed an amendment to the Democrats’ misleadingly-named “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" to prevent the IRS from using its massive, $80 billion cash infusion on enforcement actions designed to squeeze more revenue out of American taxpayers who earn less than $400,000 per year.

Leader Rodgers Statement on Inflation and Recession Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Senate passed President Joe Biden’s tax and spending spree that will make life even more unaffordable for Americans and their families.

Natural Resources Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 5

There was activity on one bill related to the Natural Resources Committee on Aug. 5.

Aug. 5: bills handled by Oversight and Reform Committee

There was activity on two bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on Aug. 5.

Crapo: Democrats are Proposing More Taxes, More Spending, Higher Prices, and an Army of IRS Agents

News Release: I’d like to start by going back to near the beginning of this Congress when we were debating what was called “The American Rescue Plan.".

Public notices: Commerce Department publishes 43 in week ending July 23

There were 43 notices published by the Commerce Department in week ending July 23, according to the Federal Register.

Wyden Delivers Floor Speech in Support of the Inflation Reduction Act

News Release: The Senate is at the beginning of a long debate that’s long overdue. At its center is the Inflation Reduction Act, which goes after some of the biggest challenges facing the American people today.

Wyden Statement on Parliamentarian Drug Pricing Rulings

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the Senate Parliamentarian’s rulings on the compliance of Senate Democrats’ reconciliation language related to prescription drug pricing reform...

Ways and Means Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 5

There was activity on four bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on Aug. 5.

Week ending Aug. 13: 11 notices published by Commerce Department

There were 11 notices published by the Commerce Department in week ending Aug. 13, according to the Federal Register.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh Launch Job Quality Toolkit

News Release: The Toolkit identifies tactics for small and medium-sized businesses to improve job quality and partner with workers to retain a high-performing workforce The U.S. Department of Commerce launched the Job Quality Toolkit, which provides strategies and actions to help small-and-medium-sized organizations ...

JCT Confirms: Tax Costs Exponentially Outweigh Benefits

News Release: Washington, D.C.--The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has issued an analysis of effects of the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend bill on taxpayers in each income category.

Aug. 6: Congressional Record publishes “Text of Senate Amendment 5390” in the Senate section

“Text of Senate Amendment 5390” was published on page S4335 of the Congressional Record on Aug. 6.

U.S. Postal Service releases stamps featuring NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries

News Release: What travels around the world but stays in one corner? With the U.S. Postal Service releasing 16 new National Marine Sanctuaries Forever® stamps, you don’t need to travel the world to appreciate America’s most spectacular marine places.

Neal Statement on July 2022 Jobs Report

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) July 2022 jobs report...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh Launch Job Quality Toolkit

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce launched the Job Quality Toolkit, which provides strategies and actions to help small-and-medium-sized organizations recruit and retain a high-performing workforce. The toolkit also includes eight case studies of organizations that have committed to increasing the quality of the jobs they offer.

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Don Cravins Jr. as First-Ever Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development

News Release: Cravins will lead the Minority Business Development Agency in its mission to support minority business enterprises across the country Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that Donald R. Cravins, Jr. will be the first-ever Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development ...

Wyden Releases New Data Showing Rock-Bottom Tax Rates Paid By Companies Subject To Minimum Tax