By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following remarks at the beginning of today’s full Committee markup on 24 bills.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021, to protect Americans from PFAS contamination...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “Building on Welfare Reform’s Success in Lifting Americans Out of Poverty - Rather Than Move Backward".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the United Kingdom’s proposed approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Op-Ed: Biden Tax Hikes Reverse TCJA’s Benefits for Workers and Small Businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of health and cybersecurity bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the beginning of data collection for phase 3.2 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. This phase includes new questions on the Child Tax Credit, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), rent/mortgage arrears, utility arrears and restrictions, summer catch-up education activities for grades K-12, and preventative health care for children.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing with the five Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, July 28, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Transforming the FTC: Legislation to Modernize Consumer Protection."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on the Democrats’ radical environmental agenda by criticizing Democrats for their failure to prioritize the needs of the American people and instead focusing on progressive pipedreams contained in the American Jobs Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to advance 16 health bills to the full House of Representatives...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to advance eight cybersecurity bills to the full House of Representatives...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee spoke in opposition to H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act, on the House floor today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC), which is administered by NIST, will launch a new subcommittee that will draft standards for collecting physical evidence from...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The House Oversight and Reform Committee today passed the Guidance Clarity Act of 2021, which was introduced by House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine). This legislation provides greater clarity and transparency for Americans and small businesses by requiring each agency guidance document to state explicitly it does not have the force and effect of law and is not binding.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 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 $3.4 million grant to the City of Hornell Industrial Development Agency, Hornell, New York, to grow the region’s manufacturing sector by making infrastructure...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the news that the White House has reactivated the federal Interagency Working Group on Puerto Rico.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A coalition of congressional leaders from the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today commended the Biden Administration for finalizing a rule to reform the organ procurement system in the United States, and encouraged the administration to explore additional ways to accelerate the accountability of organ procurement organizations (OPOs).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent letters requesting documents and information from four corporate landlords with high eviction rates throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released a report, “President Biden’s Border Crisis at Six Months: A Security, Humanitarian, and Public Health Crisis, " detailing the many actions taken by the Biden Administration that have resulted in the worst border crisis in 20 years.
