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Finance Republicans: Americans Can’t Afford This Tax-and-Spend Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C.--Against a backdrop of high inflation, shrinking GDP and stagflation, Democrats are pushing forward with a bill that does nothing to address inflation; will not grow the economy or ease supply chain pressures; but will increase the tax burden on millions of Americans. U.S. Senate Finance...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced grant awards to 32 industry-led workforce training partnerships across the country as part of the $500 million Good Jobs Challenge funded by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The Good Jobs Challenge is administered by the Commerce...


Pallone Demands Answers from Oil Companies on Record Breaking Profits Amid High Gas Prices

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to four major oil companies today demanding answers for how they are using their record high profits, and what - if anything - each company is doing to alleviate Americans’ pain at the pump.


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the Urgent Need to Address Failures in the Organ Transplant System

News Release: The last place anybody wants to hear about gross mismanagement and incompetence is in the business of saving lives. That’s precisely and unfortunately what the Finance Committee meets to discuss today.


Crapo: Reckless Tax-and-Spend Dangerous for America

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a news conference with Finance Committee Republicans to highlight the tax hike proposals in the mislabeled “Inflation Reduction Act." Analyses from nonpartisan experts have shown the legislation would increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income Americans; slam the manufacturing industry; and do nothing to lower inflation.


How politicians on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee dealt with bills on Aug. 3

There was activity on one bill related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Aug. 3.


Aug. 2: bills handled by Ways and Means Committee

There was activity on three bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on Aug. 2.


There was activity on one bill related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on Aug. 2.


Census Bureau to Release 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Results   for Puerto Rico and Housing Units  

News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau will release the final set of results from the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) on Aug. 16. These results will provide insight into the quality of the 2020 Census counts for the Puerto Rico population and housing units. It also includes coverage estimates for housing units across the nation, regions, states and the District of Columbia, and by selected characteristics for the nation.


Wyden, Warren Release New Data Showing Big Pharma, Tech, Apparel Companies Pay Corporate Minimum Tax

News Release: Washington, D.C.-In response to Finance Committee Republicans release of misleading data suggesting the corporate minimum tax was primarily a tax on “American manufacturers," Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today released additional data provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) that rebuts this deceptive claim.


NRC Issues Confirmatory Order on 2021 Alert at NIST Center for Neutron Research

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a Confirmatory Order that documents the commitments made by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure the safe operation of the research reactor in the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), which experienced an unplanned shutdown on Feb. 3, 2021.


U.S. high tide flooding breaks records in multiple locations

News Release: Coastal communities in three locations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts saw record high tide flooding last year - a trend that is expected to continue into 2023 and beyond without improved flood defenses, according to NOAA.



There was activity on eight bills related to the Finance Committee on Aug. 2.


Comer, Herrell Raise Concerns After Biden Administration Pressures Big Tech to Promote Green New Deal Agenda

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) raised serious concerns over the Biden Administration’s ongoing efforts to suppress free speech and silence any who criticize the Administration’s...



How politicians on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee dealt with bills on Aug. 2

There was activity on seven bills related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Aug. 2.


News Release: If Only the White House Had a Vaccine for Denial on Recession and Its Economic Failures.


One-Pager: Democrats’ “Inflation and Recession Act” Makes Biden’s Cruel Economy Even Worse

News Release: One-Pager: Democrats’ “Inflation and Recession Act" Makes Biden’s Cruel Economy Even Worse.


News Release: Schumer-Manchin Tax Hikes Land on Working Americans.