By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will mark up legislation advanced by the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee last week to increase access to safe, affordable water, and protect Americans from PFAS contamination.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: Dear Comptroller Dodaro: The recent apparent unauthorized disclosure of individuals’ confidential tax return information to the media outlet, ProPublica, and a subsequent article titled “The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax" is deeply troubling.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on Child Tax Credit (CTC) Awareness Day...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV), the co-chairs of the Ways and Means Committee’s Racial Equity Initiative (REI), released the following statement applauding the equity-focused provisions in the TAA Modernization Act of 2021, legislation that Committee Democrats introduced yesterday...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on California v. Texas, which challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 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 $969,261 grant to Southwestern Michigan Commission, Benton Harbor, Michigan, to develop an economic recovery strategy ahead of the closure of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station. This EDA grant will be matched with $242,316 in state and local funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Top Republican on the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) opened today’s Subcommitee Hearing to discuss address one of Republicans’ top priorities: to work with Democrats to strengthening and improving Social Security for hard working Americans without devastating tax increases.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Explainer: The Last Thing American Families and Small Businesses Need is Democrats’ Crippling Tax Increase.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report, “Management Report: Preliminary Information on Potential Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic "...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 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 Merced Community College District, Merced, California, to renovate a Merced College campus building that houses workforce development...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 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 $1.7 million grant to Fort Benton, Montana, to provide transportation, water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to support development of a new...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Dear Commissioner Rettig: I write to express deep concern with the illegal breach of taxpayer privacy stemming from the confidential taxpayer information that was leaked to the media outlet, ProPublica, and subsequently made public. The series of articles published by ProPublica on June 8, 2021 claim...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- After the United States and the European Union announced a five-year tariff suspension, the Republican Leader on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today joined Representatives Darrell Issa(R-Calif.) and Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) in calling on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to expeditiously schedule a hearing on hundreds of billions...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released Vintage 2020 evaluation estimates of population for the nation, states and counties by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and for Puerto Rico Commonwealth and municipios by age and sex. These estimates are available as a limited number of downloadable datasets.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., today introduced legislation to remove a Social Security work disincentive for Americans with disabilities. The Work Without Worry Act would allow Americans with disabilities to work to their full potential without causing them to lose out on higher Social Security benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Supreme Court in an 7-2 decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in California v. Texas, which rejected Republican efforts to overturn the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Democrats, led by Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), introduced two bills to reform U.S. trade policies in a manner that delivers for workers, businesses, and the country’s most economically vulnerable trading partners. The pieces of legislation...
