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The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Natural Resources Committee and the bills it addressed on July 14

There was activity on three bills related to the Natural Resources Committee on July 14.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today announced the introduction of the Puerto Rico Status Act with original co-sponsors Small Business Committee Chair Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico), Rep. Darren...



Neal Applauds Launch of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the launch of the United States-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership...


Chair Grijalva Statement on Sen. Manchin Decision to Halt Climate Plan Negotiations

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-W.V.) decision to halt negotiations on energy and climate-related investments in Democrats’ reconciliation package...


Rodgers and Pallone on FDA User Fee Negotiations

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on bicameral negotiations to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fee agreements...



Crapo: Seven Consecutive Months of Double Digit Wholesale Price Inflation

News Release: Washington, D.C--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after inflation in the Producer Price Index (PPI) increased to 11.3 percent--seven consecutive months of double-digit rates--well above the 1.8 percent average during the four years prior to Biden taking office.


Finance Committee Republicans on Democrats’ Plans to Hike Taxes, Kill Jobs and Fuel Inflation

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), held a news conference to emphasize why combining massive tax hikes with sky-high inflation is a terrible combination for American workers and the economy.


Commerce Department discusses Corporation for Travel Promotion Board of Directors on July 14

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The United States and the 13 other Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) partner countries met on July 13-14 in Singapore for the first meeting of IPEF Senior Officials and experts for each of the four IPEF pillars. The meeting included participation from all 13 IPEF partners: Australia, ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, and Rep. Fred Keller, issued the following statements after the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Access for Veterans to Records Act...


Comer & McMorris Rodgers Launch Investigation into TikTok Accessing U.S. User Data from China

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) today are pressing TikTok on allowing China-based employees of its parent company, ByteDance, to access sensitive data belonging to...


Wyden Statement on Tax Policy Center Analysis on Plan to Extend Medicare Solvency

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to a new Tax Policy Center analysis on who will pay to extend Medicare solvency...


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the start of data collection for its new survey to measure business conditions on an ongoing basis. The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.


There was activity on two bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on July 14.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, convened a hearing to examine the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, focusing on states where access to abortion has already been restricted or is under threat.


Biden Administration targets funding for salmon recovery and restoration in U.S. West

News Release: Today, NOAA Fisheries announced funding to boost the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) program and target salmon recovery efforts across the West Coast and Alaska. NOAA recommends $95 million in funding, including $34 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds, for 19 new and continuing salmon recovery activities.