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Neal Statement on Passage of Continuing Resolution

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through Feb. 18, 2022...


Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 7 Weekly Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 7 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses. SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on challenges faced by small businesses.


Maloney, Norton, Van Hollen, Carper, Brown Send Letter Calling for D.C. Mayor to be Given Control Over D.C. National Guard in Final National Defense Authorization Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), and Representative Anthony Brown (D-MD) sent a letter urging the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.6 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Expand a Workforce Training Facility in Roxbury, Massachusetts

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc., Roxbury, Massachusetts, to expand a workforce training facility and strengthen the local economy.


News Release: This hearing comes at a critical and fascinating time in the U.S.-China trade relationship. Later next week will mark the 20th anniversary of China officially joining the World Trade Organization.


Comer: Democrats’ OPM Bill Fosters More Unaccountable Bureaucracy

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today slammed Democrats’ proposal to foster more unaccountable bureaucracy at the Office of Personnel Management. In his statement at the committee’s markup of the Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management Act...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the passing of bipartisan legislation to improve cybersecurity and ensure American leadership in next generation communications technology.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Leader Rodgers: We need to take this urgent action on fentanyl analogues

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."


E&C Announces Additional Details on Second Legislative Hearing Focused on Holding Big Tech Accountable

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced additional details today on the legislative hearing the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold on Thursday, December 9, at 11:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, "Holding Big Tech Accountable: Legislation to Build a Safer Internet."


The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances:"


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


E&C Leaders Request GAO Examine Issues at DOE Affecting Progress on Reducing Environmental Liabilities

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations...


The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), ...