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Commerce Department discusses Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Abalone on May 18

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a full Committee markup of six health bills today...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding recent reports that the U.S. Forest Service has not met its staffing goals for wildland firefighters ahead of the upcoming wildfire season. In part, he wrote.


There was activity on two bills related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 18.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wyden Statement on GAO Report on Tax, Demographic Data

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to a Government Accountability Office report he requested, Tax Equity: Lack of Data Limits Ability to Analyze Effects of Tax Policies on Households by Demographic Characteristics...


Oversight Committee Holds Classified Briefing on U.S. Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after the Committee held a classified, bipartisan briefing with officials from the Department of State, Department of Defense, and U.S. Agency for International Development, on the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and SelectUSA announced the lineup of global executives, business leaders and U.S. government representatives who will address participants at the 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit from June 26-29 in the Washington, D.C. area.


Leader Hoyer, Bipartisan Group of Members of Congress Announce Consensus Bill on Puerto Rico Political Status, Launch Public Input Phase of Historic Collaborative Effort

News Release: Washington, D.C. - At a press conference today, U.S. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Small Business Committee Chair Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico), Rep. Darren Soto...


NOAA predicts a below-normal 2022 Central Pacific hurricane season

News Release: There is a 60% chance of below-normal tropical cyclone activity during the Central Pacific hurricane season this year, according to NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, divisions of the National Weather Service. The outlook also indicates a 30% chance for near-normal activity, and only a 10% chance of an above-normal season.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland announced DOI will be releasing a draft five-year plan for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) before the current plan expires on June 30, 2022. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement after U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland announced before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the proposed program for the National Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program would be released by June 30, 2022.


There was activity on three bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on May 18.


Stefanik, Rodgers, Hinson, and Bice Lead the Babies Need Formula Now Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (R-OK) introduced legislation today called the Babies Need Formula Now Act, to increase the baby formula supply for parents as soon as possible.


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discussed on May 18 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commerce Department discusses North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting on May 18

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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 hearing the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold on Wednesday, May 25, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Formula Safety and Supply: Protecting the Health of America’s Babies."


Bills addressed by Finance Committee on May 17

There was activity on one bill related to the Finance Committee on May 17.


Leader Rodgers: EPA must Build, not Dismantle, the American Economy

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan.