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The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Clay Higgins (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans called on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to delay the implementation of President Biden’s vaccine mandate for USDA employees until...


Leader Rodgers Statement on CBO Estimates of E&C Provisions in the Tax and Spending Spree

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s table of Energy and Commerce provisions in the tax and spending spree.


The US Commerce Department published an eight page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wyden statement on HHS overturning Trump-era waivers allowing for taxpayer-funded discrimination in child welfare and reestablishing nondiscrimination policies across the agency

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reestablish its commitment to furthering nondiscrimination policies across the agency and to rescind Trump-granted state waivers allowing federally-funded child welfare agencies to deny vulnerable children access to the qualified, welcoming and safe families they deserve...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement praising House passage of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairman Neal Floor Speech on H.R. 5376—Build Back Better Act

News Release: M. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Build Back Better Act.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Families Need Hope – Not a Government That Has Power Over Life and Death

News Release: Ever since her signature socialist price control scheme, H.R. 3, failed with a bipartisan vote in the Energy and Commerce Committee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s been working to revive it in the tax and spending spree. Despite many rewrites behind closed doors, her price controls will still lead to fewer cures, less innovation, and no hope.


Nancy Hann to lead NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and NOAA Corps

News Release: The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday evening President Biden’s nomination of NOAA Rear Admiral Nancy Hann to lead the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps), one of the nation’s eight uniformed services.


Top Obama-Biden Economic Adviser: White House is Wrong, Bidenflation Isn’t Transitory

News Release: Top Obama-Biden Economic Adviser: White House is Wrong, Bidenflation Isn’t Transitory.


Wyden Continues to Press Swiss Bank Mirabaud on Brockman Tax Evasion Schemes

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued to press Swiss bank Mirabaud for information on its compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and its role holding $1 billion of undeclared income for billionaire Robert Brockman for 10 years. Indicted by the Justice Department last year, Brockman is embroiled in the largest tax evasion case against an individual in U.S. history.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a permanent injunction against a provision included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today commended the Biden administration for several new initiatives that will help strengthen the federal government’s relationship with tribal nations and advance equity for Indigenous Peoples in the United States. The new efforts were announced during the White House Tribal Nations Summit, which took place Monday and Tuesday of this week.


News Release: Bloomberg: Democrats Prioritize Wealthy Over Working Families with SALT Giveaway.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2021 CPS ASEC Geographic Mobility detailed table package and updates to historical tables and graphs. Geographic mobility and migration refer to the movement of people from one location of residence to another. These national- and regional-level estimates are from the 2021 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).


Obama-Biden Economic Czar: “Enough Already” About White House Claim that Inflation is ‘Transitory’

News Release: Obama-Biden Economic Czar: “Enough Already" About White House Claim that Inflation is ‘Transitory’.


Chairman Blumenauer Opening Statement at Trade Subcommittee Hearing on Strengthening the U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment Relationship

News Release: Today’s hearing is the next step in this Committee’s ongoing work on the U.S. - Africa trade and investment relationship. We met with the President of Kenya as well as Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States to discuss trade matters. And, recently, we led congressional engagement with African trade ministers during this year’s AGOA forum.


Subcommittee Hearing Examines Strategies to Prevent Suicide Among  U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans

News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, held a hearing to examine how the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and community organizations are working to strengthen mental health and curb the alarming rate of suicides among our nation’s military servicemembers and veterans.