Stories by Commerce Newswire on Federal Newswire


There were 158 notices published by the Commerce Department in June, according to the Federal Register.


Natural Resources Committee and the bills it addressed on July 1

There was activity on one bill related to the Natural Resources Committee on July 1.


There was activity on three bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on July 1.


There was activity on one bill related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on July 1.


Wyden Statement on McConnell Threats to Tank China Competition Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s threat to tank USICA, a critical bipartisan bill to aid U.S. workers and boost American competitiveness against China and other economic rivals...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3.2 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Improve State Park Campgrounds and Boost Tourism in Dover, Delaware

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Dover, Delaware, for infrastructure improvements at five state park campgrounds to support local tourism. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.



News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requesting a pause on its proposal to revert...


Neal Touts Success of USMCA on Second Anniversary

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking the second anniversary of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entering into force...


Memorandum: Wyden Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in West Virginia v. EPA

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA...


There were eight press releases published by the U.S. Census Bureau in June.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Next week, Friday, July 8 to Sunday, July 10, 2022, Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will be joined by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), other members to-be-announced, and local environmental justice leaders to visit several communities in southern California-Wilmington, Commerce, Highland, and Bloomington-that have been impacted by environmental injustices.


25 press releases published in June by United States Senate Committee on Finance

There were 25 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Finance in June.


Below-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

News Release: NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom (HAB) this summer, which would make it less severe than 2021 and more akin to what was seen in the lake in 2020.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing today, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) delivered the following opening remarks during a hearing on recycling and Democrats’ attempts to ban the manufacture of critical plastics.


Chairwoman Maloney’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision Curtailing EPA’s Authority to Combat Climate Change

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to curtail the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions...


Commerce Department discusses Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 79 under Alternative Site Framework, Tampa, Florida on June 30

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Crapo: Inflation Continues to Climb, Eating into Workers’ Paychecks

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the below statement following the release of the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index for May, which remained at 6.3 percent from April.


House Committee on Natural Resources publishes 25 press releases in June

There were 25 press releases published by the House Committee on Natural Resources in June.