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News Release: Senate Introduces Companion to “Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act".


Finance Committee to Hold Hearing on Affordable Housing Tax Incentives

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a hearing on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, to examine the role of tax incentives in affordable housing. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


Proposed Rule for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Management Review: Blueprint for Restoration discussed on July 18 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Nanomagnets Can Choose a Wine, and Could Slake AI’s Thirst for Energy

News Release: Human brains process loads of information. When wine aficionados taste a new wine, neural networks in their brains process an array of data from each sip. Synapses in their neurons fire, weighing the importance of each bit of data - acidity, fruitiness, bitterness - before passing it along to the next layer of neurons in the network. As information flows, the brain parses out the type of wine.


Congressional Record publishes “EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” in the Senate section on July 19

The Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” in the Senate section on July 19.





Week ending July 2: 40 notices published by Commerce Department

There were 40 notices published by the Commerce Department in week ending July 2, according to the Federal Register.



President Biden Should Look to America for Energy, Not Saudi Arabia

News Release: Inflation just hit another 40-year high. The price of everything is surging, and it’s because of President Joe Biden’s war on American energy with actions like shutting down pipelines and canceling oil and gas leases in places like Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. His message to American energy workers is we don’t need your business here despite surging energy prices for every family in this country.


News Release: As Congress moves towards a Tuesday vote on semiconductor manufacturing legislation, governors and mayors from both parties, as well as CEOs, are calling on Congress to act before chipmakers are forced to move their investments outside of the U.S.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There was activity on two bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on July 15.


Leader Rodgers: Defending Life is the Human Rights Issue of Our Generation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led debate against Democrats’ Abortions on Demand Until Birth Act on the House floor. It nationalizes abortion for all nine months of pregnancy. Leader Rodgers defended the unborn because “all lives are worth living."


Leader Rodgers: This Extreme Agenda for More Abortion Promotes Fear and Dehumanization

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led debate against Democrats’ “Ensuring Access to Abortion Act" today.


Chairwoman Maloney Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Protect Abortion Access

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act. The measures respond directly to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn the constitutional right to abortion guaranteed in Roe v. Wade...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Formula Act...


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.