By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed the H.R. 5585, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health Act to establish ARPA-H, an independent agency to accelerate biomedical innovation. The legislation, which was introduced by Eshoo, passed the House by a vote of 336-85.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s expected announcement about a federal gas tax delay on Wednesday.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee legislative hearing on several bills and urged the committee to work to lower surging energy costs on American families.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met virtually with Prime Minister Albin Kurti of Kosovo to discuss the U.S.-Kosovo commercial relationship. During their meeting, Deputy Secretary Graves expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Kurti and the Government of Kosovo for its cooperation ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee legislative hearing on several bills and urged the committee to work to lower surging energy costs on American families.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Legislative Hearing to Strengthen Energy Infrastructure, Efficiency, and Financing:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks in support of H.R. 5585, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health (ARPA-H) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a final rule rescinding a Trump-era regulation that established a definition of "habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5855, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health (ARPA-H) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced the departure this fall of Associate Director for Research and Methodology and Chief Scientist, John Abowd, who has held the position since June 2016, and the assignment of Sallie Keller, division director and distinguished professor in biocomplexity at the Biocomplexity...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced its recommendation that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw lands from new mineral leasing in the Rainy River watershed for 20 years, preventing development of important American mineral resources.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to the National Association of Counties (NACo) to lead a coal-focused Community of Practice called the Building Resilient Economies...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks in support of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington D.C. - At a reception this evening, The Wilderness Society will present its highest honor, the Ansel Adams Award, to Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.). The award is presented to a current or former federal official who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), David Valadao (R-Calif.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and 23 other members in introducing H.R. 8168, the Save Our Sequoias (SOS) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
There was activity on nine bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on June 22.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Last week, Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and the Ways and Means Committee heard directly from working women on the burnout they are experiencing at the hands of an economy that doesn’t recognize their responsibilities outside of work.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced a legislative hearing for Wednesday, June 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Investing in Public Health: Legislation to Support Patients, Workers, and Research."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Natural Resources Committee on June 22.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) today called on Subcommittee Chairman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to hold an immediate hearing to examine the recent string of domestic extremist attacks targeting crisis pregnancy centers and religious institutions across the country.
