By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 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 $2.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, Amarillo, Texas, to support the purchase and renovation of a workforce development center. This EDA grant will be matched with $551,187 in local funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With reports showing that prices are continuing to outpace working families’ wages, dropping consumer confidence, and little major economic growth, Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: NOAA and the State of Connecticut are asking for public comment on a proposal to designate a national estuarine research reserve in Long Island Sound. Estuarine reserves protect a section of an estuary and provide a living laboratory to explore and understand important areas where rivers meet the sea, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss how Democrats’ wasteful spending and job-crippling tax hikes will hurt American families and small businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States decided by a vote of 5-4 to deny an emergency request to stay Texas’ six-week abortion ban (S.B. 8):
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: ― The U.S. Census Bureau today released migration statistics from the 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS). These data tables highlight the geographic mobility of people between counties, metropolitan statistical areas, minor civil divisions in some states, municipalities, and municipios in Puerto Rico. The five-year data provide estimates of in-migration, out-migration and net migration.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 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 million grant to the Economic Development Authority of Amherst County, Virginia, to provide operational space to technology-based industries. This EDA project, to be matched with $1.3 million in local funds, is expected to create 45 jobs, retain 24 jobs, and generate $3.25 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: Dem Claims Proven Wrong Again: GOP Tax Reform Lowered Taxes For All.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 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 $1.2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to support the post-pandemic recovery of Pennsylvania’s small businesses through the PA Digital Transformation and E-commerce Program. This EDA grant, to be matched with $300,000 in local funds, is expected to retain 2,000 jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must investigate the greatest theft of American tax dollars in the nation’s history, according to a new letter by U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Mike...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Fox Businesses’ “The Evening Edit" and Mario Bartiromo’s “Wall Street" to discuss the tax fight facing Congress - and how Democrats are set to raise crippling taxes that will devastate American workers, middle-class families, and small businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: TOOLKIT: Fighting President Biden’s Crippling Tax Hikes on Middle Class, Small Businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 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 | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources began marking uptheNatural Resources title of the House'sFiscal Year 2022 budget reconciliation legislation. Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $960,000 grant to the city of Vallejo, California, to conduct an infrastructure study of Mare Island. This EDA grant will be matched with $540,000 in local investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 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 $1.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Anthony, New Mexico, to support construction of an Urgent Care medical facility. This EDA grant, to be matched with $375,000 in local funds, is expected to create 35 jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: Key Dem Senator: Families Will Suffer Under Biden’s $3.5 Trillion Tax Hike.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform markup by slamming Committee Democrats for failing to conduct meaningful oversight over President Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal which resulted in the deaths of 13 servicemembers and has left Americans stranded and seeking an escape.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--The Biden Administration is using the negotiations at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to compel Congress to make aggressive U.S. tax law changes undermining Congress’s authority, warn the top Republicans tax-writers. U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock seeking information regarding the review process and accelerated approval...
