By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the bipartisan Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, received a briefing from Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, regarding the spread of the Delta variant in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: JULY 29, 2021 - The U.S. Census Bureau’s schedule for the release of 2020 Census redistricting data; the 2020 income, poverty and health insurance coverage statistics from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey; and the 2020 American Community Survey is as follows: .
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing on the restrictive voting bills currently under consideration in the Texas legislature, as well as how these proposals are related to nationwide voter suppression efforts fueled by baseless claims of widespread electoral fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted President Biden’s announcement requiring federal employees to be vaccinated or undergo regular testing, masks, and social distancing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: As a key step in its effort to manage the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting input from the public that will inform the development of AI risk management guidance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on Texas Democrats’ superspreader stunt by calling out Democrats for using the hearing as a spectacle while failing to conduct real oversight. Ranking Member Comer emphasized Democrats...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 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 $7.6 million grant to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, to fund infrastructure improvements designed to increase the operating efficiency of the Port of MacKenzie. The EDA grant, to be matched with $1.9 million in local investment, is expected to create 16 jobs, retain 551 jobs, and spur $800,000 in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Census Bureau plans to release experimental estimates developed from 2020 ACS 1-year data.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a special order on the House floor, where members showcased the devastating consequences this administration's inaction on western water is having during asevere drought season.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Path Forward: Advancing Treatments and Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “The Path Forward: Advancing Treatments and Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered opening remarks at Thursday’s Subcommittee hearing on treatments and cures for neurodegenerative diseases.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., today released new data requested from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) on the prevalence of mega-IRA accounts.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a hearing to assess evictions carried out by corporate landlords during the coronavirus pandemic and the distribution of federal emergency rental assistance awarded through the American...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: ADVISORY: Rep. Brady in Conversation with AEI on Combatting COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the Subcommittee on Government Operations held its biannual hearing on the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). In his opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) emphasized the need to decipher whether the FITARA Scorecard and IT dashboard...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and United States Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) announced legislation to prohibit the use of non-consensual, non-debtor releases that have helped entities and individuals, like members of the Sackler family, escape accountability for wrongdoing through bankruptcy proceedings.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Committee on Small Business Ranking Member...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning to discuss the fight against Democrats’ push for radical tax hikes and multi-trillion spending plan that will crush workers, small businesses, and America’s middle-class families.
