By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today launched an effort to develop bipartisan legislation to address barriers to mental health care as the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened alarming trends in Americans’ mental health care.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $713,300 grant to the city of Caldwell, Texas, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support the growth of manufacturing in the region. This EDA grant, to be matched with $287,860 in local investment, is expected to create 23 jobs, retain 201 jobs, and generate $3.1 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced legislation to close loopholes that allow wealthy investors to use derivatives contracts to not pay tax on the underlying investments.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s plan to impose unattainable electric vehicle goals and vehicle mileage and tailpipe emissions standards across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Biden Administration announced a series of measures to address pollution from the transportation sector, including proposed fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards for model years 2023-2026...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is well underway, and atmospheric and oceanic conditions remain conducive for an above-average hurricane season, according to the annual mid-season update issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Tonight, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the filing of a new Joint Status Report in the Committee’s case to access former President Donald Trump’s tax information...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: This summer has been exciting for sports enthusiasts: Many athletic events are back in full swing, and the Olympic Games are finally taking place after being delayed a full year by the pandemic. Despite this pause, modern sporting events have rules and regulations that reflect years of change. Today’s athletes are prohibited from using performance-enhancing drugs and are required to pass drug tests to be able to compete in the Olympics and many other events.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa., today filed an amendment clarifying the definition of “broker" with respect to digital asset third-party reporting requirements.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ed Markey (D-MA) have introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2021 in their respective...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) wrote Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig regarding the substantial backlog at the IRS. This backlog is having a detrimental effect on all Americans, especially...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, senior Committee Member and Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Rep. Jackie Speier, and Rep. Mikie Sherrill, issued the following statement after the release of a gender equity review commissioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for its women’s and men’s basketball championship programs...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay July 18 - July 24, 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 | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Today, NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone "- an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life - is approximately 6,334 square miles, or equivalent to more than four million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Brady: Second Straight Quarter Shows Biden’s Economy Fails to Meet Expectations.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today joined Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC to warn against President Biden’s multi-trillion dollar expansion of the welfare state and crippling tax hikes on working families and small businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Biden’s ‘Jobs Plan’ Costs Taxpayers $2.3 Million Per Job Over Next Decade.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “Biden’s Crippling Tax Hikes on Middle Class and Main Street Reverse America’s Economic Strength After Tax Reform".
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the Department of Justice’s partisan decision telling Treasury to release former President Trump’s tax returns to the Committee...
