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News Release: Fact Check: Dems Subsidize Millionaires, Attack Main Street & Ordinary Americans.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) appeared on “Kudlow" on Fox Business to discuss the continued fight in the Ways and Means Committee against Democrats’ rush to ram through $3.5 trillion in higher taxes and runaway spending.


Hice: Biden’s Border Crisis Hurts Federal Workers

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) released the following statement on his second letter to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) which doubles down on his request for information on the total number of federal employees diverted from their...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing concerns that the Biden White House was pressuring career FDA officials to recommend booster shots before the agency saw research showing that booster shots are necessary.


Brady: Another day, another $314 billion spent expanding the welfare state in America

News Release: Brady: Another day, another $314 billion spent expanding the welfare state in America.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent a letter to Peter Navarro, former Director of the White House Office of Manufacturing and Trade Policy, regarding the federal government’s response to the pandemic and haphazard efforts...


Brady, Crapo Introduce Bill to Protect Taxpayer Rights and Privacy

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Seeking to protect taxpayers against Democrats’ campaign to monitor Americans’ bank accounts, place taxpayer finances in a surveillance dragnet, and provide massive, additional mandatory funding to IRS for an army of IRS agents, U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced the Tax Gap Reform and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Enforcement Act.


News Release: Today, we continue our markup of the Build Back Better Act after a truly historic two days last week.


2020 Census Paid Temporary Workers

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Aug. 29 - Sept. 4, 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. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.


Brady Fact Checks Dems’ False Claims on Their Crippling Tax Hikes

News Release: Brady Fact Checks Dems’ False Claims on Their Crippling Tax Hikes.


Leader Rodgers in Defense of Hyde Amendment: “Be Warriors of Human Dignity”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s markup defending the Hyde Amendment and upholding the dignity of all life.


Draft California Fire Code Includes NIST Tool to Evaluate Wildfire Hazard

News Release: Severe wildfire disasters are often the product of numerous factors - vegetation, drought, a lack of firefighting resources, and many others - coalescing.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Friday introduced the bipartisan Urban Indian Health Confer Act to require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to confer with urban Indian organizations (UIOs) on health care policies and initiatives...


Westerman Statement on Biden's Idaho, California Forestry Tour

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Joe Biden is visiting sites in Idaho and California to survey wildfire damage and learn more about forest management practices in the region. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


Chairs Connolly and Maloney Applaud OPM Report Committing to Safeguard and Modernize the Federal Workforce

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee Government Operations, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, applauded a new report by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that reinforces the agency’s independence to retain and attract a talented federal government workforce.


Chairman Neal Announces Additional Days of Markup of the Build Back Better Act

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced that the Committee will continue consideration of legislative proposals under the budget reconciliation instructions on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. ET and Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 at 9:00...


Kelly Kryc joins NOAA as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries

News Release: Kelly Kryc, Ph.D., has been appointed as NOAA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries effective today.


Leader Rodgers: “This is Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist agenda to destroy freedom.”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s markup of the Democrat’s Build More Inflation Act, Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist scheme to destroy freedom and embolden America’s enemies on the backs of American families.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden announced his intention to nominate Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC):


Crapo, Brady Introduce Bill to Protect Taxpayer Rights and Privacy

News Release: Washington, D.C.--Seeking to protect taxpayers against Democrats’ campaign to monitor Americans’ bank accounts, place taxpayer finances in a surveillance dragnet, and provide massive, additional mandatory funding to IRS for an army of IRS agents, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-Texas) introduced the Tax Gap Reform and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Enforcement Act.