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Ferguson Slams Democrats’ Proposal to Snoop into Americans’ Bank Accounts on Fox News

News Release: Ferguson Slams Democrats’ Proposal to Snoop into Americans’ Bank Accounts on Fox News.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined the bipartisan Congressional Transparency Caucus as a Vice-Chair and will aid Caucus Chair Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Co-Chair Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) in their efforts. The American people have the...


EXPERTS: Dems’ Welfare Expansion Traps Americans in Permanent Poverty

News Release: EXPERTS: Dems’ Welfare Expansion Traps Americans in Permanent Poverty.


News Release: Brady: Dems’ Untargeted Welfare-Without Work Expansion is the Last Thing Americans Need.


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Health Insurance Coverage

News Release: Senate Democrats are on the cusp of moving major legislation that will transform American health care, helping consumers get relief from getting clobbered at the pharmacy window, promoting innovations, and delivering quality, cost effective home- and community-based services to older people and people with disabilities. As we look to these exciting future developments, today the committee will examine the state of health care coverage in America.


News Release: Top Five Reasons Democrats’ Welfare Expansion Fails Struggling Families and Threatens Jobs Recovery.


Nunes: President Biden’s Policies Promise a No Growth Economy

News Release: Nunes: President Biden’s Policies Promise a No Growth Economy.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.2 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. This phase of data collection includes new questions on the Child Tax Credit, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), rent/mortgage arrears, utility arrears and restrictions, summer catch-up education activities for grades K-12 and preventative health care for children.


News Release: New Report: Democrats’ Spending Causing Sustained Increase in Bidenflation.


Senate Republicans Blast IRS Bank Reporting Dragnet

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, today led a press conference with other Republican members of both committees to share concerns raised by their constituents about a proposal to create a reporting scheme where financial intermediaries report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on customer deposits and withdrawals.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced that Beau Houser, the Census Bureau’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), received a 2021 CyberScoop 50 award under the category of Government Leadership.


CBO Confirms Health Care Policies in Democrats’ Tax & Spending Bill Reduce Private Health Coverage, Push Americans onto Government-Controlled Care, and Cost Hundreds of Billions

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that the health care policies in the House Democrats’ reckless $4.3 trillion tax and spending reconciliation bill will push Americans off the health plans they have and like and onto government-controlled coverage, at a steep expense to American taxpayers.


Democrats Seek Tax Handouts for Rich Despite Claiming Otherwise

News Release: Democrats Seek Tax Handouts for Rich Despite Claiming Otherwise.


Crapo Statement at Hearing on Health Insurance Coverage

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Health Insurance Coverage in America: Current and Future Role of Federal Programs.".


News Release: Opposing Biden’s Bank Surveillance Scheme. Oct. 20, 2021 - Blog - Facts Are Stubborn Things - Oversight - Press Releases - Select Revenue Measures - Talking Points. In an attempt to salvage their plan to supercharge the IRS and turn local banks into chapters of the IRS, Democrats are once again trotting...


Crapo asks Treasury for Details of Democrats’ “New Approach” to Monitoring Private Financial Accounts

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, is requesting details about what is being publicly marketed as a “new approach" to the Administration’s financial reporting regime, under which Americans’ private financial information will be reported...


DOI Poised to Cut Off Vast Domestic Stores of Key Minerals

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested a 20-year mineral withdrawal from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) within the Superior National Forest in Northern Minnesota. This announcement automatically triggers a two-year pause on new federal mining permits and leases in the area while this application is reviewed.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Legislative Hearing on Public Health Legislation

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, "Enhancing Public Health: Legislation to Protect Children and Families...