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The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Brady: It Is Vital That We Stop the Scourge of Modern-Day Slavery in China

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) today submitted the following statement for the record as the House began consideration of H.R. 1155, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act...


Brady: Democrats Hold Patients and Access to Local Doctors Hostage to Increasing Debt Limit on Children and Grandchildren

News Release: Brady: Democrats Hold Patients and Access to Local Doctors Hostage to Increasing Debt Limit on Children and Grandchildren.


News Release: NYT: Yellen Still Supports IRS Surveillance Scheme.


News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a list of 331 jurisdictions (counties and minor civil divisions) across the nation and three states that are required under the Voting Rights Act to provide language assistance during elections for citizens who are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process. The Census Bureau made these determinations in accordance with specifications in the Voting Rights Act, as amended in July 2006.


Finance Committee Advances the Nominations of Maria Louise Lago and Lisa W. Wang on Overwhelming Bipartisan Votes

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today helped advance the nominations of two key Biden administration nominees, who will serve at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The nominations will head to the floor for final confirmation.


Senate Republicans: Reckless Tax-and-Spend Bill Will Make Bad Situation Worse

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the top Republican of the Senate Finance Committee, led a press conference with other Republican Senators on the budget gimmicks and job-killing tax hikes in the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend legislation, which do nothing to address supply chain issues, nor inflation or rising consumer prices. The senators noted that Democrats’ proposals would, in fact, make a bad situation worse.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $196 million in American Rescue Plan State Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation grants to 24 states and territories.


News Release: WaPo: Two Pinocchios on Yellen Claim that Dems’ Tax-and-Spend Bill is Paid For.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement following last night’s passage of the Alexander Lofgran Veterans in Parks Act as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which permanently waives national park fees for veterans and gold star families.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement on the retirement of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Health...


News Release: Brady: With “Miserable" Jobs Report, Biden Nearly a Million Jobs Short of Promises.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two Republican Natural Resources Committeebills, theIndian Buffalo Management Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), and theBlackwell School National Historic Site Act,introduced by U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


News Release: Brady: This Debt Ceiling Is Being Lifted To Pay For Trillions of Wasteful Socialist Spending.


Mace: Congress should seriously debate and consider civil asset forfeiture reforms

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing to examine the need for civil asset forfeiture reform. In her opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) emphasized civil asset forfeiture creates a “seize-first, ask questions later" incentive for authorities and too often subverts an individual’s right of due process.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after meeting with United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan...


Dems Can’t Spend $5 Trillion Over the Decade and Not Spur Inflation

News Release: Dems Can’t Spend $5 Trillion Over the Decade and Not Spur Inflation.


Chairwoman Maloney Applauds President Biden’s Executive Order to Make Federal Government a Leader in Tackling Climate Change

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after President Biden issued an executive order, entitled “Catalyzing America’s Clean Energy Industries and Job through Sustainability" to make the federal government a leader in tackling the climate crisis while creating good jobs for American workers.


News Release: ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “Democrats’ Tax Hikes Crush American Small Business".