By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy and Commerce subcommittee Republican leaders released the following statements on bills that passed the House this week with bipartisan support.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) shared new details of the INVEST in America Act, which is scheduled to be on the House floor next week. The INVEST in America Act will create...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, "Empowered by Data: Legislation to Advance Equity and Public Health:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) today met with Secretary Yellen and Director Deese to discuss key priorities from the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan on which their committees are working.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and 34 other members in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Debra Haaland regarding the administration's pause on both onshore and offshore energy leases. In part, the members wrote.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: The rates of Americans under 65 without health insurance decreased significantly between 2013 - the year before many provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect - and 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Although federal workers have job security and some of the best benefits in America, today the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a remote hearing on Democrats’ proposal to dramatically expand paid leave for federal employees. Under their proposal, an employee who has worked for...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered opening remarks at Thursday’s Subcommittee hearing on social determinants and health data.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
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 Health Subcommittee hearing.
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 $2.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Paris-Bourbon County Economic Development Authority, Paris, Kentucky, for roadway infrastructure...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a hearing with Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome H. Powell to assess the Fed’s emergency lending programs established in the early months of the coronavirus crisis, discuss the current state of the recovery, and examine the actions needed to ensure a strong, sustainable, and equitable economic future for all Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing on vaping by outlining the importance of preventing youth from accessing e-cigarettes and calling for more progress to protect our nation’s children from these products.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-On Tuesday, June 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET, 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 Select Subcommittee Republican lawmakers will hold a forum with expert...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a hearing on “An Epidemic Continues: Youth Vaping in America."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Debra Haaland testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources regarding the Biden administration's Fiscal Year 2022 budget. Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee blocked Republican attempts to allow PFAS chemicals to be safely used in critical products like medical devices, PPE, and protective gear for our law enforcement and military. Rather than support bipartisan amendments to the PFAS...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie participated in a press conference with Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Republican Leadership about the urgency of the COVID-19 origins investigation and why America must lead to get answers and hold China accountable.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent letters to the top executives of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, expanding their investigation into manufacturing...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 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 drinking water and PFAS bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee 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 four consumer protection bills...
