By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Chairman James E. Clyburn and all Democratic Members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis advanced their investigations into the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by requesting documents and transcribed interviews from three former Trump...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.); Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.); and National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Glenn Grothman...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted the Department of Justice’s refusal to investigate deadly mandates in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan sending COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of seniors.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a congressional delegation to McAllen, Texas to survey the impacts illegal immigration and the Biden border crisishaveon sensitive wildlife habitats and federal lands along the border. U.S. Reps. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) joined Westerman on the trip.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other Republican members in a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging them to take swift action to address the growing drought crisis in the west. In part, the members wrote.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Oversight Republicans, led by Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), called on U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to provide all documents and communications regarding the Biden Administration’s efforts to censor medical information and opinions on social media.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: 189 Republican Members of Congress, including House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and House Republican Leadership, urged the Biden Administration to abandon their censorship mission and respond to inquiries regarding their coordination with social media companies to censor Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the IRS’ efforts in sending $15 billion in advanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments to the families of nearly 60 million American children, and urged the agency to prioritize improvements in administration that will ensure the most underserved communities can easily and efficiently take advantage of the program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 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 $2.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Ann Arbor SPARK, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to construct 20 miles of underground fiber optic cable in the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 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 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, to renovate a former charter school to create a pipefitting workforce...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will implement a series of programs, collectively called Investing in America’s Communities, to equitably invest the $3 billion it received from President...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a forum titled "Preventing Catastrophic Wildfires and Restoring Forest Health and Resiliency.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and six Democratic colleagues today introduced legislation to help working and middle-class families save for retirement.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 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 $4.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, for road and sewer infrastructure improvements at the 107-acre Kenosha...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released a special tabulation of exporting firms by demographic characteristics of employer businesses. This tabulation combines information from two Census Bureau data products - the Profile of U.S. Importing and Exporting Companies (Profile) and the Annual Business Survey (ABS) for reference year 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the Resilient Federal Forests Act, a bipartisan bill to address the environmental and economic threats of catastrophic wildfires. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fifth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began May 17. Results will be released weekly May 27 to July 22. The SBPS includes questions on small business operations and finances, requests and receipt of assistance, COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, measures of overall well-being, and expectations for recovery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 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 $1.1 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, to support infrastructure upgrades needed to expand three local industrial parks that accommodate advanced manufacturing, life sciences and technology sector businesses. This EDA grant will be matched with $264,000 in local funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $642,500 grant to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Brunswick, Maine, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support operations at the TechPlace manufacturing center. This EDA grant, to be matched with $160,625 in state and local funds, is expected to create 20 jobs, retain 120 jobs and generate $3.5 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Republican...
