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E&C Announces Health Hearing on Neurodegenerative Diseases

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, July 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Path Forward: Advancing Treatments and Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases."


Energy and Commerce Leaders ask FDA about COVID-19’s Impact on FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight...


E&C Republican Leaders Again Ask NIH for Grant Documents Related to Humanized Mice Experiments and Wuhan Lab

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent a new letter Wednesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, to capitalize and administer a Revolving...


At Hearing, Chairwoman Maloney Vows to Advance Environmental Justice as Key Committee Priority

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hybrid hearing with environmental justice leaders and activists to examine the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative to direct at least 40 percent of the benefits of climate and clean infrastructure investments to the hardest hit communities. In advance of the hearing, the White House released Interim Guidance to implement this initiative.


News Release: Estes: Biden’s Tax-and-Spend Policies are Crushing America’s Recovery.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, on the 25th anniversary of the successful bipartisan welfare reform that created Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Top Republican on the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Rep. Jackie...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Yahoo Finance to discuss President Biden’s failing economic record from the first six months in office.


STUDY: Biden’s Tax Hikes Will Hammer Main Street Businesses

News Release: STUDY: Biden’s Tax Hikes Will Hammer Main Street Businesses.


CBO Shows Bidenflation Surges Over Forecasts as Experts Sound Alarms

News Release: CBO Shows Bidenflation Surges Over Forecasts as Experts Sound Alarms.


New NOAA Climate Council to enhance delivery of climate science and services

News Release: Today NOAA announced the creation of a new NOAA Climate Council, which will leverage the agency’s resources and expertise in support of the whole-of-government approach to addressing the climate crisis.


News Release: At 6 Months, Biden Fails His Economic Report Card.


ICYMI: Chairs Carolyn B. Maloney, Rosa DeLauro, and Rep. Doris Matsui: Women can't match men's pay, even if they're Olympic athletes on the national soccer team

News Release: As women, mothers and members of Congress, we are dedicated to achieving equal pay for equal work for people of all genders. But even our world-class female athletes are getting shortchanged. We refuse to let this injustice stand.



Crapo, Thune, Daines, McConnell Lead Entire Senate Republican Caucus in Urging Biden Administration to Drop Step-Up In Basis Tax-Hike Proposal

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Finance Committee members John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Steve Daines (R-Montana), along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), in leading the entire Senate Republican caucus...


Wyden Statement on Congressional Budget Office Budget and Economic Outlook Report

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office Budget and Economic Outlook Report...


With Bidenflation on the Rise, American Families are Falling Behind

News Release: With Bidenflation on the Rise, American Families are Falling Behind.


Rep. Brady, Senator Daines Reintroduce Welfare Reform Bill 

News Release: Rep. Brady, Senator Daines Reintroduce Welfare Reform Bill.


Scalise Presses Clyburn for Yellen Testimony About Pandemic Rental Assistance Program

News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today called on Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) to invite Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to testify at next week’s hearing regarding the Department of Treasury’s failure to administer tens of billions of dollars in pandemic rental assistance relief.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup and passed 16 health bills and 8 communication and technology bills with bipartisan support.