By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and six other members of Congress wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting Solicitor General Brian H. Fletcher today urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to expressly condemn the racist legal precedent embodied in the Insular Cases and...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.2 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. This phase of data collection includes new questions on the Child Tax Credit, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), rent/mortgage arrears, utility arrears and restrictions, summer catch-up education activities for grades K-12 and preventative health care for children.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced that the Commerce Department has established a high-level committee to advise the president and other federal agencies on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence (AI). Working with the National AI Initiative Office (NAIIO) in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the department is now seeking to recruit top-level candidates to serve on the committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced that this week the Committee will begin consideration of legislative proposals under the budget reconciliation instructions. On Thursday, September 9, 2021, and Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., the...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to the Chamber of Commerce’s misleading carried interest report...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote Georges Bergès-owner of Georges Bergès Gallery-requesting documents and information regarding the unprecedented prices the gallery set for selling Hunter Biden’s art. Given the history of foreign governments...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Aug. 22 - Aug. 28, 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.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau named three new members to the Census Bureau's Census Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC). The committee provides advice on the design, operation and implementation of Census Bureau programs. New members will serve a 3-year term.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Subcommittee Republicans sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing serious concerns over Dr. Chris Frey, a high-level EPA political appointee, who maintains...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Republicans are demanding a full, open markup to thoroughly and rigorously examine and debate any forthcoming reckless tax-and-spend proposals in the Finance Committee’s jurisdiction. While the legislation Democrats intend to introduce has been withheld...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is awarding more than $4.6 million in fiscal year 2021 to fund research that will inform communities on how to best address sea level rise affecting coastal ecosystems, communities, infrastructure, and surface transportation. The projects will also investigate the effectiveness of natural features or restored coastal habitats to enhance coastal resilience.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: Louis W. Uccellini, federal scientist, global leader in meteorology and renowned expert and author on U.S. winter storms, has announced his plan to retire from public service on Jan. 1, 2022.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement about the more...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) marked Labor Day with the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement ahead of the expiration of enhanced jobless benefits...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
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) August 2021 jobs report...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced legislation to update federal nursing home policy to improve quality of care and oversight, after the COVID-19 pandemic took the lives...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 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 $3.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Bloomington, Indiana, to construct the Trades District Technology Center to support the growth of tech-based businesses. This EDA grant, to be matched with $1.6 million in local funds, is expected to create 530 jobs and generate $51 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) today introduced legislation to update federal nursing home policy to improve quality of care and oversight, after the COVID-19 pandemic took the lives of hundreds of thousands...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - As House Democrats work to ram through Sen. Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 trillion budget, Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) urged pro-small business Democrats to oppose crippling tax hikes on working families and small businesses on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power.
