By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on the Democrats’ bill to dramatically expand federal paid leave by chastising Democrats for their hypocrisy. Democrats entitled this hearing “Leading by Example," yet held today’s hearing remotely regardless of the fact the science indicates it’s safe to conduct business in-person.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) called on Inspectors General from numerous federal agencies to assess the impact of telework on federal agencies’ mission, employee performance, and service to the American people during the pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and top Republican for the Trade Subcommittee Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan Trade Preferences and American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act to build upon the success of USMCA and renew trade programs to protect U.S. workers and small businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Brady: The Federal Government “Can’t Become the Olive Garden of Never-Ending Government Checks".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Biden’s Economic Policies Are Cooling Off the U.S. Jobs Recovery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 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 Speaker Pelosi announced that a Select Committee would be established to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $587,500 grant to the city of Lewisburg, Tennessee, to make critical sewer system improvements needed to support business recruitment and expansion efforts at the Lewisburg Industrial Park. This EDA grant, to be matched with $587,500 in local investment, is expected to create nearly 300 jobs and generate $88 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Republican Leader of the Trade Subcommittee Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) hosted a Republican Meeting with small businesses owners and manufacturers who are suffering because of the expiration of GSP and MTB - two job-creating trade programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Dr. Ron Jarmin, acting director and deputy director of the U.S. Census Bureau, is a co-recipient of the 2021 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics. The award recognizes unusually original and important contributions in the development of economic statistics or in the use of statistics in interpreting the economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Technology Entrepreneur Center, Inc. (T-REX), St. Louis, Missouri, to establish an Extended Reality and Simulation Lab that will address the pressing...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Dems’ “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day" Is Actually “Middle Class Tax Hike Day".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) delivered remarks at today’s hearing chastising Democrats for disregarding the substantial costs additional paid leave for federal employees, both financially and in service, would place on the American people.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $588,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Maryland Department of Commerce, Baltimore, Maryland, to support the growth and resiliency of coronavirus disrupted businesses by expanding...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 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 $1.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Youngstown Edison Incubator Corporation (Youngstown Business Incubator), Youngstown, Ohio, to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Republicans outlined the opportunities for bipartisan reforms in a Social Security Subcommittee Hearing. There, the members offered meaningful solutions to strengthen Social Security, treat our public servants fairly, incentivize work, and protect our most vulnerable.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “With Over $450 Million Lost, Workers and Small Businesses Need Bipartisan Renewal of Trade Bills".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 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 million grant to the city of Branson, Missouri, to construct a floodwall needed to protect infrastructure vital to the business community from flooding. The EDA grant will be matched with $6.6 million in state funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Conventional microscopes provide essential information about samples in two dimensions - the plane of the microscope slide. But flat is not all that. In many instances, information about the object in the third dimension - the axis perpendicular to the microscope slide - is just as important to measure.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: The White House Is In Denial About Their Crippling Tax Increases and Runaway Spending.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $577,917 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Alamance Community College, Graham, North Carolina, to support the region’s growing biotechnology sector by purchasing equipment needed to train...
