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The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks at today’s legislative hearing on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fees and bipartisan work to unleash medical innovation.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) raised concerns about Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clement’s possible conflicts of interest after...


Commerce Department publishes notice on March 16

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced legislation, the Chance to Compete Act (H.R. 6967). This bipartisan, bicameral bill improves the federal hiring process by giving agencies the ability to share...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.36 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Expand Healthcare Jobs in Pikeville, Kentucky

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.36 million grant to Pikeville Medical Center, Inc., Pikeville, Kentucky, for the provision of new equipment that will be used to meet patient demand and critical healthcare needs.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, released the following statement applauding passage of the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act, or the Honoring our PACT Act, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation will...


Norman: Science Shows Active Forest Management is the Best Way to Prevent Wildfires

News Release: WASHINGTON - Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing the devastation and destruction wildfires have had on American communities. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Norman slammed Democrats for delaying a hearing on this important...


News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, “I’d like to thank all the witnesses for their testimony today. “A hearing on this topic is long overdue. For more than two years, we’ve heard about the damage the U.S.’s COVID policies have done to our nation’s children, as well as working parents. “Parents pleaded with...


Comer & Higgins Call on Inspector General to Probe Mayor Bowser’s WhatsApp Use

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Representative Clay Higgins (R-La.), and Republican lawmakers called on the D.C. Office of the Inspector General to conduct a review of Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. employees’ use of technology to skirt public records laws.


Top Republicans Renew Request for White House’s Investigative Report Detailing OSTP’s Toxic Work Environment

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) renewed their request for all reports, documents, ...


Oversight Committee Urges DOJ and Treasury to Examine Tax Benefits Claimed by Opioid Companies for $26 Billion Settlement

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Committee on Oversight and Reform Vice Chair Rep. Jimmy Gomez, and Committee Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier sent a letter asking Attorney General Merrick Garland of the Department of Justice and Secretary Janet Yellen of...


Brady, A. Smith Hail 10 Year Anniversary of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement

News Release: Brady, A. Smith Hail 10 Year Anniversary of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.


Senate Passes Ranking Member Comer and Chair Maloney’s Postal Service Reform Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statements after the Senate passed the historic Postal Service Reform Act in a bipartisan vote of 79-19...


Oversight Committee, Rep. Huffman Ask Postal Service IG to Investigate Environmental Impacts of Vehicle Contract

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Stephen Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Committee Member Rep. Brenda Lawrence, and Rep.


Oversight & Science Committee Republicans Probe White House Science Director’s Signal Use and Ongoing Toxic Workplace Allegations

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) raised concerns about ongoing toxic workplace allegations at...


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. Nancy Mace, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that it conduct a comprehensive review of Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) practice of surveilling individuals and groups through activities it classifies as “assessments."


Mace: All Americans, Especially Women and Girls, Deserve to Realize Their Full Potential

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing to examine the neglected epidemic of missing BIPOC women and girls. In her opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) emphasized the importance of the hearing and how all Americans, especially...


Brady: American Dollars Will No Longer Fund Russia’s War Machine

News Release: Brady: American Dollars Will No Longer Fund Russia’s War Machine.