By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Biden Jobs Deficit: Needs 1.3 Million Jobs to Fulfill Promises in Upcoming September Jobs Report.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter with 10 other House lawmakers to President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the expedited release of and clemency for renowned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier. The letter is available at.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Top Republicans on the House and Senate tax panels are calling on the Government Accountability Office to look into whether states and federal agencies are taking proper steps to identify and prevent fraud and improper payments in paying out tax credits for health coverage, called “premium tax credits" or PTCs.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--In a joint statement, Congress’s top Republican tax writers, Senate Finance Committee Republican Leader Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas), blasted the Biden Administration’s announcement that it had reached an agreement with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Bidenflation Forcing Families to Spend Another $175/Month on Food, Fuel, Housing.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top lawmakers on health committees in the House of Representatives are calling on the non-partisan congressional scorekeeper, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), for a public analysis of the health care provisions in Democrats’ $4.3 trillion tax and spending spree...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) kicked off a Republican Meeting debunking Democrats’ myths, lies, and debunked claims about taxes and Republican tax reform by saying...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: House Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to request that their Departments work together to ensure that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements to provide individuals with coverage for the full range of contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be protected and enforced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Joe Bidenannounced he will be unilaterally expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced Acting Director Ron Jarmin is the recipient of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) 2021 Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences. Ron Jarmin is the acting director, deputy director and chief operating officer of the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the sixth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began August 16. Results will be released weekly August 26 to October 21. New content in the SBPS Phase 6 covers difficulties hiring employees, new workplace norms, changes in...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today praised the Biden administration’s decision to restore Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments. The move comes on the eve of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, Oct. 11. President Biden’s action...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans wrote a follow-up letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure renewing their demand for answers regarding the massive number of...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.6 million grant to the Workroom Program Alliance and the Cleveland Municipal School District., Cleveland, Ohio, to renovate a 33,000-square-foot space...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.),and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) released the following joint statement regarding the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposal to roll back recent reforms cutting red tape in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: On Friday, Oct. 8, the Biden-Harris administration will issue proclamations restoring protections for three national monuments of historical, cultural, and natural significance - including the unique underwater ecosystem of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Co-Chair of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Irish Government’s decision to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) corporate tax agreement...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to request that their Departments work together to ensure that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements to provide individuals with coverage for the full range of contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be protected and enforced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: House Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to request that their Departments work together to ensure that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements to provide individuals with coverage for the full range of contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be protected and enforced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have devised and tested a new, highly sensitive method of detecting and counting defects in transistors - a matter of urgent concern to the semiconductor industry as it develops new materials for next-generation devices. These defects limit transistor and circuit performance and can affect product reliability.
