By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Democrats introduced the Protecting Our Democracy Act - a sweeping package of reforms that will strengthen America’s democratic institutions against future presidents, regardless of political party, who seek to abuse the power of their office for corrupt purposes.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s decision to move the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters back to Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig expressing concerns over the lack of information the agency has provided following the leak of legally protected tax information...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing concerns over the process EPA used to promulgate...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) spoke in favor of his amendment to H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2022. The amendment would direct the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) to investigate...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) sent a letter to the Select Subcommittee Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) emphasizing the Biden Administration’s embarrassing lack of desire to deliver emergency rental...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Gerald Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Stephen Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, and Sr. Member Rep. Brenda Lawrence sent a letter to...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Today, 188 Democrats in the House and 48 in the Senate filed a bicameral amicus brief in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, urging the Supreme Court to uphold nearly 50 years of precedent in Roe v. Wade and protect the constitutional right to abortion care. In the House, the amicus...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra in support of the 2022 Medicare Outpatient Hospital Prospective Payment Rule’s provisions to increase penalties for hospitals not in compliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke today before the House Committee on Rules in opposition to H.R. 3755, the Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting documents and information on Facebook’s role in facilitating human trafficking content on its platforms and failing to address the effects of Instagram on the mental health and wellbeing of girls.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the Biden administration for announcing planning grant awards for 20 state Medicaid programs to support the development of mobile crisis intervention service programs to help those struggling with mental health and substance use disorder crises.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Monday requested by House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that found the Department of Defense has not finalized and implemented...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) sent a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it will be relocating the main Bureau of Land Management (BLM) headquarters from Grand Junction, Colo. to Washington, D.C. and establishing a second headquarters in Colorado.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi,
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Comparative and Bridge Statistics reports from the 2017 Economic Census. The Comparative Statistics report provides industry data for 2012 and 2017 at the two- through six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) levels based on the 2012 NAICS codes. The Bridge Statistics report includes data for 2017 for industries whose NAICS codes changed from 2012 to 2017 and shows the components of the NAICS change.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, were briefed on the status of the coronavirus vaccine landscape in the United States by Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 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 $2.3 million grant to the city of Woodruff, South Carolina, to construct sewer infrastructure in support of a new regional healthcare facility. This EDA project, to be matched with $570,980 in local funds, is expected to create 18 jobs and generate $3.5 million in private investment.
