By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $21.2 million grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to support growth of the region’s tourism economy. This EDA grant is expected to create 480 jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) decision to pass a rule banning infant inclined sleep products ahead of next week’s Committee hearing on the grave flaws in the U.S. consumer product safety system...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on an unemployment insurance report from the Labor Department’s Inspector General...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today launched an investigation into AbbVie’s international tax practices and how the 2017 Republican tax law has allowed the company to further abuse tax havens and avoid paying taxes on U.S. prescription drug sales.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.1 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. Phase 3.1 includes substantial revisions to the questionnaire. Additional questions address the following new topics: disability, child health access, telehealth and child care. Also included are...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Vice Chair Tony Cardenas (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to finalize a new safety standard for infant sleep products...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of last week’s legislative hearing on universal paid leave and guaranteed access to child care, Ways and Means Democrats today released a video highlighting the Building an Economy for Families Act, their groundbreaking proposal to strengthen the care economy and support...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans sent a third letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) calling for a hearing on the crisis at the southern border with Biden Administration officials to hold them accountable for policies fueling the border crisis. Recently there were over 22,000 unaccompanied children in U.S. custody and the costs to American taxpayers are skyrocketing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Republicans on the Oversight and Reform Committee led by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on National Economic Council Director Brian Deese to provide answers about how the Biden Administration plans to fix its self-made inflation crisis. The Biden Administration’s economic policies have disproportionately impacted middle class Americans, especially those hit hardest by Democrat lockdowns.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) today announced legislation to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Today, the United States, United Kingdom, Chile, Costa Rica, and France announced a new global partnership to advance the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as a nature-based solution in the fight against climate change. The announcement comes ahead of the United Nations climate change (COP 26) and biodiversity (COP 15) conferences later this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Firefighting is a race against time. Exactly how much time? For firefighters, that part is often unclear. Building fires can turn from bad to deadly in an instant, and the warning signs are frequently difficult to discern amid the mayhem of an inferno.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today praised the Biden administration’s decision to suspend the oil and gas leases issued in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), which was opened to drilling by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The news was first reported by Politico this afternoon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 Characteristics of New Housing Report, which provides annual statistics on the characteristics of new privately owned residential structures by census region. The report includes characteristics such as square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, location of laundry facilities, presence of a homeowner’s association and buyers’ financing source.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on the President's Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget with the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 10:00 AM ET using the Cisco Webex platform.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley requesting the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct an analysis of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold on Wednesday, June 9, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay May 16 - May 22, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold on Tuesday, June 8, at 2 p.m. (EDT) ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the Senate vote against establishing an independent, bipartisan 9/11-type commission that would examine the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021...
