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E&C Health Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Public Health Legislation

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, "Enhancing Public Health: Legislation to Protect Children and Families."


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Joe Biden will be hosting a listening session on the global supply chain bottlenecks. This comes alongside news that the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will begin working 24/7, a move the administration hopes will alleviate the backlog of cargo ships.Yet while...


Wyden Statement on Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Social Security Administration announced Social Security benefits will increase by 5.9 percent in 2022...


Neal Statement on House Vote to Raise the Debt Ceiling

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Tonight, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to the House Amendment to S. 1301 to keep the country under the debt limit through approximately December 3...


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available.


NOAA upgrades climate website amid growing demand for climate information

News Release: NOAA’s Climate Program Office today launched a newly redesigned version of Climate.gov, NOAA’s award-winning, flagship website that provides the public with clear, timely, and science-based information about climate. The redesign expands the site’s already significant capacity to connect Americans with the resources they need to understand and plan for climate-related risks.


Chairman Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement on FDA’s Decision to Let Big Tobacco Keep Selling High-Nicotine E-Cigarettes

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved continued sales of R.J. Reynolds’ high-nicotine Vuse e-cigarettes...


Pallone Responds to FDA’s First-Ever Marketing Authorization of E-Cigarette Products

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has authorized the marketing of three new tobacco products, marking the first set of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products ever to be authorized by FDA through the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) pathway...


NOAA awards more than $171 million for climate science, community resilience

News Release: NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) announced today a total award amount of $171 million, the highest five-year investment in the program’s history, to support 72 innovative and impactful projects that will improve our nation’s resilience at a critical time in the fight against the climate crisis.


News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a briefing for the National Urban League plaintiffs in the case of NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, et. al., v. GINA RAIMONDO et. al. The Census Bureau agreed in a Joint Stipulation in settling this lawsuit to brief plaintiffs every two months to allow an opportunity for...


Ranking Members Warn Against Bypassing Treaty Process

News Release: Washington, D.C.--The top Republicans on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee expressed serious concerns with the Administration’s recent suggestions it is considering circumventing the Senate’s constitutional treaty authority...


News Release: Brady: Biden Needs 1.3 Million Jobs in New Jobs Report to Deliver on Promises.


Hice and Clyde: Pallets of Unopened Mail Likely Delayed Care for Georgia Veterans

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) wrote to Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (AVAMC) Chief of Staff, Dr. Ivan Correa, regarding disturbing reports that the AVAMC had ten pallets of mail sitting unopened...


Stakeholders Praise Electrifying the Postal Fleet in Oversight Committee’s Portion of  Build Back Better Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, highlighted statements of support from stakeholders praising the Committee’s section of the Build Back Better Act. The Committee provided $12 billion in critical funding to electrify General Services Administration (GSA) and United States Postal Service vehicle fleets and build the necessary charging infrastructure to support them.


Brady, Crapo: Biden Global Tax Deal Puts Politics Over Progress, Surrenders Fate of U.S. Economy to Foreign Competitors

News Release: Brady, Crapo: Biden Global Tax Deal Puts Politics Over Progress, Surrenders Fate of U.S. Economy to Foreign Competitors.


News Release: Democrats’ Plan for IRS Snooping & Slower Economic Growth.


News Release: STUDY: Democrats’ Tax Plan Ships U.S. Innovation and Jobs Overseas.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) detailing new concerns about former President Trump’s...


News Release: Brady: Dreadful News for America’s Slowing Recovery as Americans Lose Confidence in Biden’s Economic Leadership.


Neal Statement on September 2021 Jobs Report

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September 2021 jobs report...