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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Tonight, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) today introduced the Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022 to strengthen human rights standards for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s...


Chairman Neal Floor Remarks on the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act

News Release: M/ Speaker, I rise today with great sorrow as the Ukrainian people continue to endure Russia’s brutal invasion.


Crapo, Wyden Introduce Bill to Respond to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced legislation (S.3786 ) to ban the import of energy products from Russia, and to suspend normal trade relations with both Russia and Belarus. The legislation reflects the agreement reached by the top Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee leaders earlier this week.


Leader Rodgers Remarks on President’s Expected Ban on Russian Oil

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on how President Biden’s energy policies have weakened America’s national security, raised costs on families, and emboldened Russia.


Business Formation Statistics Monthly Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for February 2022. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. The BFS are a standard data product of the Census Bureau, developed in research collaboration...


A. Smith: Reconnect Americans to Work to Grow the Economy

News Release: A. Smith: Reconnect Americans to Work to Grow the Economy.


News Release: Democrats’ Policies Discourage Americans from Returning to Work.


Brady: Hold Russia Accountable by Unleashing American-Made Energy

News Release: Brady: Hold Russia Accountable by Unleashing American-Made Energy.


News Release: Small Businesses Juggle Inflation, Unfilled Jobs, Plummeting Optimism in Biden’s Economy.


News Release: Brady, Smith Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral House Bill Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) led all Republican members of the Energy and Committee on a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm urging them to end Russian imports of crude oil and lower energy prices in America by producing more energy here at home.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.)led a letter signed by 61other members to Department...



Chair Grijalva Blasts Fish and Wildlife Service Finding that Pesticide Malathion Does Not Jeopardize Endangered Species

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today expressed disappointment in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) newly released final biological opinion, which determined that malathion-a dangerous and likely carcinogenic pesticide linked to developmental disorders in children-does not jeopardize a single endangered species.


Westerman Statement on Biden's Russian Energy Import Ban

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Joe Biden announced a national ban on Russian energy imports. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.3 million grant to Laramie County Community College (LCCC) to purchase equipment for its new Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Center. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.



News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $761,040 grant to the county of Vance, North Carolina, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support business growth in the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park.


Finance Committee to Convene Hearing on the Promise and Challenge of Strategic Trade Engagement in the Indo-Pacific Region

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday, March 15, will convene a hearing on the promise and challenge of strategic trade engagement in the Indo-Pacific region.