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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement after the chief executive officers of three oil companies-EOG Resources, Devon Energy Corporation, and Occidental Petroleum-refused to testify at a Natural Resources Committee hearing scheduled for Tuesday, April...

President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Calls for Critical Investments in Key Commerce Priorities

News Release: Budget Supports Department of Commerce’s Investments in Supporting Economic Growth and Making Communities More Climate Resilient The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023. The President’s 2023 Budget for the Department of Commerce makes historic ...

U.S. Commerce Department Releases Strategic Plan to Boost America’s Competitiveness

News Release: Today the Department of Commerce released its fiscal year 2022-2026 Strategic Plan laying out an agenda for innovation, resilience and equity to strengthen America’s competitiveness in the 21st century. Along with the strategic plan, the Department also published the first-ever learning agenda, through which all bureaus will build rigorous evidence on program outcomes.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.7 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Expand Broadband Service for the Manufacturing, Agricultural and Technology Industries in Rural Central Indiana

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Northwest Central Indiana Community Partnerships, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana, to expand broadband access in Central Indiana in support of the region’s manufacturing, agricultural and technology industries.

Leader Rodgers Urges Biden to Prioritize Lowering Costs for Struggling Americans

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s proposed budget.

Virtual Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the NOAA Travel and Tourism Listening Session

Release: Thank you for that introduction, Dr. Spinrad, and for your incredible leadership at NOAA. And thank you to the NOAA team for organizing this listening session, and to all of you for participating. I’m excited to join you.

Chair Grijalva, Rep. Lowenthal Urge Biden Administration Not to Use the Defense Production Act to Increase Mining

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif), Chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, today sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden following reports that the administration plans to issue an executive order using authorities under the Defense Production Act to increase mining on U.S. public lands.

Finance Committee Releases Bipartisan Report on Mental Health Care in America

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a report documenting the array of shortfalls that currently exist in the mental health care system that prevent American families from accessing the care they need. The report was jointly authored by majority and minority staff on the committee.

Neal Applauds House Passage of Retirement Legislation

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022...

Wyden Statement on Biden Billionaire Minimum Income Tax

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on President Biden’s Billionaire Minimum Income Tax.

Crapo on FY2023 Budget Request: Record-High Tax Hikes on top of Record-High Inflation

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden’s FY2023 budget request...

At Press Conference, Chair Grijalva Announces New Committee Markup Date for the RESPECT Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today announced a new markup date and time-Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time-for the RESPECT Act (H.R. 3587 ) at an in-person press conference in the Longworth House Office Building....

Chairman Neal Statement on President Biden’s FY23 Budget

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget...

Wyden Continues Opportunity Zone Oversight, Probes Possible Cryptocurrency Industry Exploitation of Program

News Release: Dear Mr. Wall: As Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over federal tax matters, I am investigating the operation and effects of Qualified Opportunity Funds (Opportunity Funds), investment vehicles organized for the purpose of investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones...

Census Bureau Director to Participate in Virtual 1950 Census Records Event

News Release: - On April 1, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos will join the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for a virtual event celebrating the release of population records from the 1950 Census.

Commerce Deputy Secretary Graves Joins Senator Wicker in Mississippi to Spotlight Historic Broadband Infrastructure Investments Coming to the State

News Release: $32.7 million in Funding for Broadband Infrastructure Projects Will Connect More Than 12,000 Households in Mississippi to High-Speed Internet Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves joined Senator Roger Wicker in Jackson, Mississippi, to announce the details of a $32.7 million broadband infrastructure ...

Leader Rodgers Statement on Biden Administration Announcement for LNG Partnership with Europe

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced a partnership with the European Union to increase American exports of liquified natural gas (LNG) to Europe.

Chairman Raskin Issues Statement on Continued Restoration Issues Along Pathway of the Midship Pipeline

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, released a statement following the issuance of a new order related to the Midship Pipeline by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which reaffirmed a prior FERC order directing an Administrative Law Judge to determine the methods, scope, and reasonable cost required to fully restore a particular tract of land on Sandy Creek Farms...

Chairman Lynch Leads Bipartisan CODEL to Eastern Europe to Reinforce U.S. Support for Ukrainian People, NATO Alliance

News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Thursday, March 24, 2022, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, returned from leading a bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) to Eastern Europe and the Ukrainian border with Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA), Rep. Mark...

Secretary Raimondo Statement on Announcement of Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework