By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--To ensure farmers and ranchers have access to modern and safe water infrastructure systems, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), member of the Senate Finance Committee, have introduced the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform (WATER) Act, which would reform outdated tax provisions hindering investment in important infrastructure advances.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced legislation to overhaul the pass-through deduction, expanding eligibility and increasing access for Main Street small business owners by ending Republicans’ giveaways to the wealthiest Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay July 4 - July 10, 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 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to withdraw a2021 Trump administration rule that would have excluded 3.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the nation’s response to and recovery from the coronavirus pandemic...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas), Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and several Republican lawmakers today wrote U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas demanding information...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 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 the Committee voted favorably to approve her bills, the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, AI in Counterterrorism Oversight Enhancement Act, and Made in America Pandemic Preparation Act, as well as several other bills to increase accountability in the federal government.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement about the energy infrastructure bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed five communications and technology bills today...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today delivered remarks on the uptick in recent cyber and ransomware attacks and the need for thoughtful, decisive action.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security; and Rep. Jim Cooper, Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following statement after the Department of Defense (DOD) ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau has scheduled a webinar to explain and answer questions related to the impact of the pandemic on the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is one of the most comprehensive sources of information about the U.S. population, providing crucial demographic, social, economic...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on bills that passed the House this week with bipartisan support.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-At today’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform markup of the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act (H.R. 564), Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) blasted Democrats for seeking to dramatically expand paid leave for federal employees at the taxpayer’s expense. He emphasized...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 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. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a markup on the Guidance Clarity Act of 2021, (H.R. 1508) which was introduced by House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine). This legislation provides more clarity to small...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce stood together with their Republican colleagues in strong opposition to H.R. 2668-the “Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"-for irresponsibly expanding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority and not taking the opportunity to establish a national privacy framework.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) section 13(b) consumer protection powers...
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. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the White House released Interim Implementation Guidance to advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative, a landmark environmental justice proposal to direct 40 percent of the benefits of Build Back Better Agenda investments to disadvantaged communities...
