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News Release: ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “Democrats’ Supercharged Death Tax Targets Family-Owned Businesses and Farms, Costing 1 Million Jobs".


News Release: Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “A Safe Wireless Future: Securing our Networks and Supply Chains:"


Maloney and DeSaulnier Urge DOJ to Oppose Bankruptcy Plan That Lets Sackler Family Evade Responsibility for Opioid Crisis

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior Committee Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to vote against the plan of reorganization Purdue Pharma has proposed as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), and top Republican on the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), hosted a meeting on Tuesday examining the Biden Administration’s proposal to create a second death tax - by repealing so-called “stepped-up basis" - that will harm America’s family farms, ranches, and Main Street businesses.


Secretary of Commerce approves disaster declarations in 4 U.S. commercial fisheries

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced today her determination that fishery disasters occurred in four fisheries in 2018, 2019, and 2020 - for two states, Alaska and New York, and for two Tribes, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis, in Washington.


Oversight Committee Approves Legislation Strengthening Whistleblower Protections and Transparency of Political Appointees

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 Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act and the Periodically Listing Updates to Management (PLUM) Act, along with several other important reforms, many with bipartisan support...


Scalise Opening Remarks at GOP COVID Origins Hearing

News Release: “Four million people around the globe have died from COVID 19 - 600,000 of those deaths here in America. With every one of those deaths, there are still families and loved ones who are mourning. The entire world has been turned upside down. Our children have lost a year of their childhood - and for millions...


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis forum entitled “Led By Science: The COVID-19 Origin Story " by emphasizing the need for a full and complete investigation into the virus’ origins in order to prevent another pandemic.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today spoke on the House floor opposing H.R. 2662, the Inspector General Independence and Empowerment Act, expressing concern it could lead to the politicization of offices of inspectors general.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2662, IG Independence and Empowerment Act, introduced by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform in a bipartisan vote of 221-182.


Chairs Maloney, Smith, Lynch, Garamendi, and McCollum Lead Colleagues in Demanding Navy Suspend Cuts to Naval Audit Service

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform; Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services; Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security; Rep. John Garamendi, Chairman...


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay June 13 - June 19, 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.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Republican lawmakers held a forum entitled “Led By Science: The COVID-19 Origin Story." At the forum, ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) led a forum on skyrocketing lumber costs and potential solutions to the issues.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


News Release: Today the Subcommittee on Oversight will examine an important and timely topic: access to and affordability of higher education.


Pallone on Supreme Court Decision Allowing PennEast Pipeline Company to Use Eminent Domain on State Land

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that PennEast pipeline company can use eminent domain to claim New Jersey’s land...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during a Republican forum hosted by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.


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 CLEAN Future Act and Electric Transmission: Delivering Clean Power to the People:"