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The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a follow-up letter to the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) Marty Walsh to reiterate numerous concerns about DOL operations, including how the majority of DOL employees have yet to return to in-person work and that the Secretary himself has spent little time in Washington, D.C.


Brady: Congress Must Remain United To Hold China Accountable for Human Rights Abuses, Unfair Trade Practices, Economic Coercion

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the House passage of H.R. 6256, which will ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market...


Fact Check: AP, Tax Policy Center Ignore Revenue Increases from GOP Tax Cuts. 

News Release: Fact Check: AP, Tax Policy Center Ignore Revenue Increases from GOP Tax Cuts.


Neal Applauds New Residency Slots for Rural and Underserved Communities

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will fund 1,000 new Medicare-funded residency spots in hospitals serving rural and underserved communities.


News Release: Letter: CBO Failed To Disclose How It Underestimated Cost of Biden’s Tax-and-Spend Bill.


Wyden Statement on Aduhelm Price Change

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after Biogen, the maker of an Alzheimer’s drug called Aduhelm, announced a price decrease for the drug...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) announced she will not seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives...


Census Bureau Statement on 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Data

News Release: In November, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it would delay the release  of the 2016-2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data, originally scheduled for December 2021, due to the impacts of COVID-19 on data collection. We continue to make progress towards a mid- to late-March 2022 data product release.  .


Penn-Wharton: Bidenflation to Force Families to Pay $3,500 More in 2021

News Release: Penn-Wharton: Bidenflation to Force Families to Pay $3,500 More in 2021.


Sneezes, Rain Clouds and Ink Jets: NIST Improves the Ability of Optical Microscopes to Measure the Volume of Microdroplets

News Release: Sneezes, rain clouds, and ink jet printers: They all produce or contain liquid droplets so tiny it would take several billion of them to fill a liter bottle.


NIST Names Joannie Chin as Director of Its Engineering Laboratory

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected Joannie Chin to lead its Engineering Laboratory. Chin has been at NIST for 26 years, most recently serving as acting director of the Engineering Lab.


News Release: Dems’ Spending is Burning Holes in Family Budgets.


W&M Analysis: Costs for Child Care & Nursery Schools Increased Under Dems’ Expanded Child Tax Credit

News Release: W&M Analysis: Costs for Child Care & Nursery Schools Increased Under Dems’ Expanded Child Tax Credit.


News Release: Today, the United States Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo and the U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Nadine Dorries issued the following statement on their governments’ shared commitment to deepening the UK-U.S. data partnership to realize a more peaceful and prosperous future ...


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


E&C Republican Leader Rodgers and Senator Capito Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief in Pending Clean Air Act Supreme Court Case

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led 47 senators and 44 House members on an amicus...


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob to discuss ways to further improve bilateral relations and deepen U.S.-Malaysia economic ties, including through President Biden’s vision for a new Indo-Pacific economic framework. Secretary ...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) took action to address the ongoing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy presented by the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s efforts to develop and deploy biotechnology and other technologies for military applications ...