By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Joe Biden announced he is invoking Defense Protection Act powers in order to ramp up domestic production of critical minerals.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M. Khan concerning reports that substandard health plans are using misleading marketing practices and urged FTC to use its oversight and enforcement tools to investigate...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $800,000 grant to the International Economic Development Council, Inc., (IEDC) Washington, D.C., to support pandemic economic recovering planning effort in communities throughout the southeast. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $800,000 grant to the Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Platteville, Wisconsin, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 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 Bedford County Development Authority, Bedford, Pennsylvania, to construct a new 24,000-square foot, multi-tenant building at Bedford County Business Park I to support manufacturing businesses. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke before the Rules Committee during a hearing on H.R. 6833, an attempt by Democrats to revive socialist drug pricing in the tax and spending spree and give Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) a pass to keep hiding savings from patients.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: The Memorandum of Understanding implementing the PGI was signed by Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in October 2021. The PGI is a bilateral economic cooperation platform designed to secure inclusive growth for our economies and regions by strengthening U.S.-Singapore collaborations in new and forward-looking areas.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Medical Devices:"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $786,104 grant to Atlanta Beltline, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, to create the BeltLine Business Solutions Office. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 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 $1.5 million grant to the city of Bristol, Tennessee, to upgrade the municipal wastewater treatment plant to service a major antibiotic production facility and other current and future business needs. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.2 million grant to Pembina Gorge Foundation, Walhalla, North Dakota, for infrastructure improvements at Frost Fire Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million grant to the city of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to construct a fiber optic network for the city’s business district. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, Ph.D., head of EchoMail, Inc., detailing evidence obtained by the Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment Dan Tehan to launch the Australia–U.S. Strategic Commercial Dialogue (AUSSCD), an ongoing dialogue between the Commerce Department and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, jointly ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
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By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “The President’s 2022 Trade Policy Agenda.".
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Alongside the newly updated human genome, which fills in long-standing gaps to fully spell out the more than 3 billion letters that compose our genetic code, a separate companion study has shown it can serve as an accurate template that improves our DNA sequencing capabilities by leaps and bounds.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 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 $3.7 million grant to Community Solutions International, Inc., New York, New York, for renovation of its Swift Factory business incubator in Hartford, Connecticut. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 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 $3.3 million grant to the city of Gaffney, South Carolina, to create a new Revolutionary War Discovery Center and revitalize the local tourism industry. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $517,924 grant to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to promote travel and tourism in North Carolina communities located adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
