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Sarah Kapnick named NOAA chief scientist

News Release: The Biden-Harris Administration named Sarah Kapnick, Ph.D., as NOAA’s chief scientist today. Kapnick will serve as the senior scientist for the agency, advancing policy and program direction for NOAA’s science and technology priorities. She is the third woman in NOAA’s history to be appointed to this role.


There was activity on two bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on July 7.


Wyden Releases Interim Report in Big Pharma Tax Investigation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released an interim report in his investigation into Big Pharma’s tax practices. Wyden’s report shows how loopholes in the tax code have allowed AbbVie, a large multinational corporation headquartered in the United States, to...



There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 12.



Following Fourth of July Shooting in Highland Park, Chairwoman Maloney Invites Gun CEOs to Testify at Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters to the CEOs of gun manufacturers Daniel Defense, LLC, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., requesting their appearance at a Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, ...




July 7: bills handled by Natural Resources Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Natural Resources Committee on July 7.


There was activity on one bill related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on July 7.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-In a letter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) requested a full investigation into allegations that two former directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Trump-appointed Commissioner.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to a news report that former President Trump’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) selected both former Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for “random" audits...



Gecko Feet Are Coated in an Ultra-Thin Layer of Lipids That Help Them Stay Sticky

News Release: Geckos are famous for having grippy feet that allow them to scale vertical surfaces with ease. They get this seeming superpower from millions of microscopic, hairlike structures on their toes. Now, scientists have zoomed in for an even closer look at those structures, called setae, and found that they are coated in an ultra-thin film of water-repelling lipid molecules only one nanometer, or billionths of a meter, thick.


What did Commerce Department publish on July 6?

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the city of Fairhope, Alabama, to establish a business resource hub for technology entrepreneurs. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today renewed his request to Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for information regarding Hunter Biden and other Biden associates and family members’ suspicious foreign business transactions flagged by U.S.