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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Bowie Economic Development Corporation, Bowie, Texas, to undertake infrastructure improvements...

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $849,185 to Support Business Resiliency Efforts in Ekwok, Alaska

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $849,185 grant to the Native Village of Ekwok, Alaska, to build a multi-purpose facility that will enhance the resiliency of the area’s business community. This EDA grant is expected to create or retain 55 jobs and generate $45,000 in private investment.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Support Broadband Infrastructure in Little River County, Arkansas

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 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Little River County, Arkansas, to construct fiber optic cable lines to support broadband infrastructure. This EDA grant will be matched with $500,000 in local funds.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1 Million to Support Workforce Development Efforts in Western Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1 million grant to the Thurston Economic Development Council for Business & Innovation, Lacey, Washington, to support the workforce development programs...

Comer, Donalds Request Declassified Quarterly Reports on Afghanistan Reconstruction and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) wrote Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko and the Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations requesting they declassify the classified annexes of their most recent Quarterly Reports on Afghanistan Reconstruction and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

NOAA awards $2.3 million to study Gulf of Mexico natural resource management

News Release: The NOAA RESTORE Science Program has awarded $2.3 million to 20 project teams in the Gulf of Mexico to collaboratively scope and design research that will inform future decision makers on how to better manage marine mammals, shorebirds, barrier islands, and fisheries in the region. Each project, slated to begin this month, is designed to be an investment in the future of applied science, and ultimately, the sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.

Neal Applauds Committee Advancement of Build Back Better Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the Committee’s advancement of its contributions to the Build Back Better Act...

Chair Grijalva, Sen. Markey and Reps. McCollum, McEachin, Leger Fernández, and Lowenthal Urge Sec. of Energy to Reconsider Domestic Uranium Reserve

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter with Reps. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) today to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm expressing concerns...

Pallone on Committee Passage of Build Back Better Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Energy and Commerce Committee passed its provisions of the Build Back Better Act...

Wyden Presses Swiss Bank Mirabaud on Billionaire Tax Evasion

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today pressed Swiss bank Mirabaud on its compliance with Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) following a Justice Department indictment of U.S. billionaire Robert Brockman showing the bank held roughly $1 billion in undeclared...

Neal Closing Statement at Markup of Build Back Better Act

News Release: Over four long days and through 66 amendments, we have debated measures ranging from 12 weeks of universal paid family and medical leave to incentivizing the development and use of green energy to combat climate change. All of these measures are grounded in the goal of growing our economy and making it more inclusive and sustainable for the future.

Energy & Commerce to Hold Oversight Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Health and Well-being

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 a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, ...

Democrats’ Crippling $3 Trillion Tax Hike on Working Families and Small Biz Kills Jobs and Cures

News Release: Democrats’ Crippling $3 Trillion Tax Hike on Working Families and Small Biz Kills Jobs and Cures.

Chairman Neal Opening Statement for the Committee Print Relating to Infrastructure Financing, Green Energy, Social Safety Net, Funding Our Priorities, and Prescription Drug Pricing

News Release: Pursuant to notice, we will now turn to consideration of our Budget Reconciliation Legislative recommendations relating to a variety of tax and health measures. This committee print is by far the most far reaching and voluminous of the recommendations we have considered during this reconciliation process.

REP. ADRIAN SMITH: Dems Unwind Benefits of TCJA to Pay for Washington Spending

News Release: REP. ADRIAN SMITH: Dems Unwind Benefits of TCJA to Pay for Washington Spending.

NUNES: Dems Abandoned Bipartisan Efforts on Greater Nursing Home Transparency

News Release: NUNES: Dems Abandoned Bipartisan Efforts on Greater Nursing Home Transparency.

Bidenflation Continues to Burn Small Businesses

News Release: Bidenflation Continues to Burn Small Businesses.

BRADY: Never Has Our Government Wasted So Much to Kill So Many American Jobs

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - “Never has our government wasted so much to kill so many American jobs, drive prices even higher, and hook a whole new generation of the poor on government dependency," top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) said while opening the third day of the full committee hearing on Democrats’ job killing tax hikes and wasteful spending.

NOAA awards $41 million for ocean observing

News Release: NOAA’s U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Office today announced 11 new five-year cooperative agreements that support the continued growth, expansion, and modernization of our nation’s climate, coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes observing capabilities. In the first year, NOAA will distribute $41 million to cover efforts along U.S. national and territorial waters and coasts.

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