By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon Senator Ron Wyden today asked leading health insurance companies in Oregon to provide seniors who have Medicare Advantage (MA) plans with air conditioning units and air filtration units to improve their health during a record-breaking summer of heat and fires.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: ROCKVILLE, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) and United States Pharmacopeia (USP) have announced a research collaboration to assess analytical methods and develop standards for adeno-associated virus (AAV), an important mechanism for delivering gene therapies.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay July 11 - July 17, 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 | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), in coordination with the International Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. Department of State, and the Organization of American States (OAS), announced that a high-level delegation of global and regional leaders...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Implementation and Enforcement of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement: One Year After Entry into Force.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released Vintage 2020 evaluation estimates updated to include April 1, 2020, resident population and housing unit estimates. These data have been added to previously released downloadable datasets and tables containing population estimates for the United States, states, and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, released the following statement on updated mask guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-- According to a report by the International Energy Agency, approximately 40 percent of cumulative CO2 emissions reductions needed to meet sustainability targets rely on technologies not yet commercially deployed on a mass-market scale. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, 70 members introduced the bipartisan Resilient Federal Forests Act with the backing of 90 organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Today, 139 lawmakers wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to urge him to promptly reinstate the Clean Air Act waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars program. The waiver would restore the authority of California and other states to impose emission standards on...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing titled “Defending the U.S. Electric Grid Against Cyber Threats" by emphasizing cyber-attacks are becoming more frequent, particularly from state sponsored groups in Russia and China. He noted any attack or extended disruptions by foreign actors pose significant risks to all Americans and threatens the integrity of our national defense.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 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 receiving letters from the Department of Justice (DOJ) authorizing former Trump Administration officials to sit for Committee interviews regarding former President Trump’s efforts to enlist DOJ officials to help him overturn the 2020 election...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) plans to update mask guidance for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Changing Energy Landscape: Oversight of FERC:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney and Ranking Member James Comer; Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerald E. Connolly and Ranking Member Jody Hice; and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Stephen F. Lynch and Ranking Member Glenn Grothman...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, and Rep. Ro Khanna, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Environment, sent a letter to Keith McCoy, a senior lobbyist for ExxonMobil, requesting his appearance at a transcribed interview regarding efforts by ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies to mislead the public and Members of Congress about the dangers of fossil fuels and their role in causing global climate change.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer’s (R-Ky.) legislation, the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2021 (H.R. 26), was signed into law. This legislation ends reverse auctions for complex design and construction services.
