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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement about a report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) finding that former DOI Secretary Ryan Zinke, in pursuing a brewery as part of a larger development near...


Crapo: Self-Inflicted Inflation Crisis

News Release: Washington, D.C.--With inflation having accelerated under the Biden Administration to 40-year highs, Americans face soaring prices across the board for everyday expenses. Today, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a news conference with Republican colleagues...


News Release: Dems Want to Revive Crippling Tax Hikes on Main Street and Workers.


News Release: Kelly: Americans Need Real Infrastructure Investment, Not Trillions of Dollars In More Reckless Spending.


Rep. Adrian Smith: Rein in Government Spending to Grow Our Economy

News Release: Rep. Adrian Smith: Rein in Government Spending to Grow Our Economy.


News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, held a hearing to examine Russia’s destabilizing activity in Eastern Europe, including its recent buildup of approximately 150,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders.


JILA Atomic Clocks Measure Einstein’s General Relativity at Millimeter Scale

News Release: JILA physicists have measured Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or more specifically, the effect called time dilation, at the smallest scale ever, showing that two tiny atomic clocks, separated by just a millimeter or the width of a sharp pencil tip, tick at different rates.


News Release: Brady: Wage Price Spiral Always Ends Poorly for Workers, Small Businesses, and the Economy.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.3 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is now a monthly release as current changes in data no longer warrant a biweekly data collection, and we work to reduce respondent burden. This phase includes updated vaccination questions...


News Release: Brady Warns Dems’ Crippling Tax Hikes are Still on the Table.


News Release: Biden’s Economy Takes the Romance out of Valentine’s Day.


Brady: With More Bad Inflation News, Worst Thing Washington Could Do Is More Spending, Tax Hikes

News Release: Brady: With More Bad Inflation News, Worst Thing Washington Could Do Is More Spending, Tax Hikes.


News Release: Bidenflation Is Costing American Households $250 Each Month.


House Natural Resources Committee Holds Hearing on Historic Environmental Justice For All Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee yesterday held a legislative hearing on H.R. 2021, the Environmental Justice For All Act. The hearing marks the culmination of a historic years-long effort by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to gather and incorporate public input, both in person and through an innovative online process, into comprehensive environmental justice legislation.


News Release: Rep. Jason Smith: More COVID money won’t cover up Biden’s failures.


Five Republican Bills Pass Committee

News Release: Washington - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup that included five Republican bills that passed with bipartisan support. Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement.


Finance Committee Republicans Request Information on the Adverse Effects of High, Persistent Inflation on the Federal Budget

News Release: Washington, D.C.--In light of high and accelerating inflation, Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are asking the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for detailed information on the harmful effects inflation has on the federal budget. As inflation continues to hammer pocketbooks of Americans, it also eats up fiscal space by increasing deficits and debt, and acts like a stealth tax on households and businesses.


Crapo: Inflation Continues to Hammer Americans

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the following statement after the January Producer Price Index (PPI) release showed persistently high producer prices...


Wyden, Brown and Warren Urge Labor Department to Help State Unemployment Insurance Programs Transition Away from Private Facial Recognition Contractors

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with committee members Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today urged the Labor Department to take steps toward ensuring state unemployment insurance programs are able to securely verify their applicants’ identities without relying on private contractors like ID.me that employ facial recognition.


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Protecting Youth Mental Health: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Care

News Release: During this morning’s hearing on the youth mental health epidemic, the committee has an opportunity to build on last week’s excellent discussion with Surgeon General, Dr. Murthy.