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At Historic Hearing, Fossil Fuel Executives Admit Climate Crisis Is an “Urgent” Threat

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Ro Khanna, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Environment, held a hearing where top fossil fuel and industry executives testified together under oath for the first time about their companies’ roles in causing the climate crisis and their efforts to cover it up.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a full Committee hearing titled, “Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action." In his opening statement, Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) questioned the legitimacy of Democrats’ so-called “investigation" ...


Committee Analysis of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Lobbying Reveals Public Praise for Climate Policies Is Not Backed by Meaningful Action

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a new staff memo analyzing lobbying data from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute (API). The memo indicates that the oil industry’s public support for climate...


NIST’s Callie Higgins Wins Service to America Medal

News Release: Callie I. Higgins, a materials research engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the Emerging Leaders category.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new estimates on the characteristics of employer businesses. According to the 2020 Annual Business Survey (ABS), which covers reference year 2019, approximately 18.7% (1.1 million) of U.S. employer businesses were minority-owned, veteran-owned businesses made up about 5.7% (331,151) of all businesses. About 20.9% (1.2 million) of businesses were owned by women.


POLL: More people in Arizona, West Virginia want to hold off on new spending

News Release: POLL: More people in Arizona, West Virginia want to hold off on new spending.


News Release: Third Quarter GDP: Awful Report is More Proof that Biden is Bungling the Recovery.


Fact Check: Tax Breaks for Wealthy, IRS Surveillance is Rotten Core of Biden’s Tax Plan

News Release: Fact Check: Tax Breaks for Wealthy, IRS Surveillance is Rotten Core of Biden’s Tax Plan.


Brady: Dems’ Corporate Minimum Tax Punishes Making Products in America, Sends Jobs, Manufacturing Overseas

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement on Democrats’ recently proposed minimum tax on American corporations.


News Release: Democrats’ Latest Scramble for Trillions of Dollars in Tax Hikes Will Send American Jobs Overseas and Harm Seniors’ Retirement Security.


News Release: Thanks to Bidenflation, Gas Now 50 Percent More Expensive.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 Census population and housing unit counts for American Samoa. As of April 1, 2020, the American Samoa’s population was 49,710, representing a decrease of 10.5% from the 2010 Census population of 55,519. The housing unit count was 11,807 in 2020, representing an increase of 7.7% from the 2010 Census housing unit count of 10,963.


Survey of Income and Program Participation Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the 2020 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The data are accompanied by supporting materials such as metadata, a codebook and an updated users’ guide. The Census Bureau plans to release research briefs highlighting various social and economic in the coming months.


Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Population and Housing Unit Counts for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 Census population and housing unit counts for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. As of April 1, 2020, the Northern Mariana Islands’ population was 47,329 representing a decrease of 12.2% from the 2010 Census population of 53,883. The housing unit count was 18,290 in 2020, representing a decrease of 12.3% from the 2010 Census housing unit count of 20,850.


Chair Grijalva: Reconciliation Agreement Includes Multiple Key Measures - “Just the Start of a Longer Effort”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) expressed his support for the revised reconciliation agreement released today, highlighting several key measures-including an end to new offshore fossil fuel drilling in most federal waters, funding for coastal restoration and resiliency, and enhanced...


Six States Added to Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of new states in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product: Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, Utah, and Virginia. PSEO now includes data on 534 institutions, which cover approximately 21% of all college graduates in the United States in 2015. Data users can use the PSEO Explorer tool, download raw files or query the Census API to access data.


Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Population and Housing Unit Counts for the U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 Census population and housing unit counts for the U.S. Virgin Islands. As of April 1, 2020, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ population was 87,146, representing a decrease of 18.1% from the 2010 Census population of 106,405. The housing unit count was 57,257 in 2020, representing an increase of 2.4% from the 2010 Census housing unit count of 55,901.


Brady: Given Biden’s Awful Economic Record, Why Sabotage America’s Economy Further?

News Release: Brady: Given Biden’s Awful Economic Record, Why Sabotage America’s Economy Further?.


Westerman Slams Democrats Over Sham Budget Process

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) testified before the House Committee on Rules on H.R. 5376, congressional Democrats' revised budget reconciliation package. Westerman's full remarks, as prepared.


Wyden Statement on Inclusion of Clean Energy for America Act in the Build Back Better Framework

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement regarding the inclusion of his Clean Energy for America Act in President Biden’s Build Back Better framework released this morning...