By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 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 million grant to Hall County, Georgia, for roadway infrastructure improvements needed to support a new heavy equipment research and development facility...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 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 $2.4 million grant to the Port Authority of Guam, Santa Rita, Guam, to make disaster-resilient infrastructure improvements needed to ensure continuity of operations. The EDA grant, to be matched with $603,272 in local investment, is expected to create or retain nearly 50 jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $690,795 grant to the city of Menomonie, Wisconsin, to make infrastructure upgrades at the University of Wisconsin’s Stout Technology and Business Park and spur additional economic growth and investment. This EDA grant, to be matched with $690,795 in local investment, is expected to create nearly 470 jobs and generate $2.8 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Democrats released a one-pager and FAQs on the two new online portals that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will launch this month related to the advance monthly payments of the 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC). The American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), and Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI), member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, led a letter to U.S. Customs...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 10, 2021 - This week, the Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General (IG) released a report following their review of U.S. Park Police (USPP) actions at Lafayette Park in June 2020. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, issued the following statement on reports that the U.S. plans to purchase 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses to aid global vaccination efforts...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced the reintroduction of a pair of bills that take a holistic and community-based approach to addressing the growing crisis of childhood trauma. The...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 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 $4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Du Quoin, Illinois, to build a 500,000-gallon elevated water storage tank at the city’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed four bipartisan bills today boosting cybersecurity over America’s energy infrastructure, including H.R. 3078, the Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, led by Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee blocked a Republican amendment expressing Congress’s disapproval of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will lead to increased Russian energy dominance throughout Europe. During a full committee markup today, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following remarks...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to pass H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $754,840 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Wayne State University Research and Technology Park, Detroit, Michigan, to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the region’s medical and manufacturing sectors. This EDA grant, to be matched with $249,900 in local investment, is expected to generate $5.5 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup on methane, energy cybersecurity, and consumer protection bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on the President's Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 10:00 AM ET in 1100 Longworth House Office Building and remotely via Cisco WebEx.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to favorably advance four bipartisan bills to improve our nation’s energy cybersecurity...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 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 $610,000 grant to the city of Earlington, Kentucky, for water infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate a new retail automotive business and help diversify the regional economy. This EDA grant will be matched with $390,000 in local funds and is expected to help create 20 jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a second letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, today asking NIH to produce grant reports and related documents to inform a complete, scientific investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. David B. McKinley (R-WV), Republican Leader for the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, will host a forum entitled “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy" on Monday, June 14, 2021 at 4:30 PM ET.
