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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s hearing at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on the 2022 fiscal year budget for the Department of Commerce.

Bilirakis: We Need to Work Together to Restore Economic Growth for Communities Across the Nation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on the 2022 fiscal year budget for the Department of Commerce.

Marine economy in 2019 outpaced U.S. economy overall

News Release: America’s marine economy contributed about $397 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product in 2019 and grew faster than the nation’s economy as a whole, according to the most current results of the first official Marine Economy Satellite Account released today by two Department of Commerce agencies.

E&C Republicans Request a More Comprehensive Investigation to Determine Accurate Date of First COVID-19 Case in the U.S.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky as another step in their ongoing investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter to Dr. Walensky asks for a staff...

Energy and Commerce Committee Announces Legislative Hearing on Vaccine Access

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, June 15, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on vaccine legislation. The hearing is entitled, “Booster Shot: Enhancing Public Health through Vaccine Legislation."

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Boost Economic Recovery Efforts at the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Keshena, Wisconsin, to develop economic recovery strategies that will strengthen, diversify, and add resilience to the regional economy.

Oversight Committee Releases Staff Report Revealing Fisher-Price Ignored Repeated Warnings That Rock ‘n Play Endangered Babies

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the release of a staff report detailing the findings of the Committee’s nearly two-year investigation into the design, safety, and recall of infant inclined sleep products...

Chair Grijalva: We Need a Permanent Fix for U.S. Territories’ Access to Federal Benefits, and I’m Going to Work With Colleagues to Pass One

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement today on the need for a legislative solution to the unequal access to federal benefits for U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals living in the insular territories.

ADVISORY: E&C Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers Announces Forum on the Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced today that 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.

Cloud: Fisher-Price, Mattel Must Answer for Infant Deaths

News Release: WASHINGTON-Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing on the dangers of the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play-an infant recliner that was recalled in April 2019-and the failures of infant product safety by emphasizing the need for Fischer-Price and Mattel to answer for the deaths of infants due to their product, and any potential negligence on their part in producing a product that resulted in deaths.

Rodgers, Graves, and Barr Lead Over 60 House Republicans in Letter to President Biden on Nord Stream 2 Waiver

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA), and Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concern over the Biden Administration waiving sanctions to allow Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to move forward.

Carbon Dioxide Sensors in 2 Urban Areas Registered Big Drop in Emissions During COVID-19 Pandemic

News Release: Carbon dioxide emissions in Los Angeles fell 33% in April of 2020 compared with previous years, as roads emptied and economic activity slowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. In the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region, emissions of carbon dioxide, or CO2, dropped by 34% during the same period.

Oversight Hearing Reveals Previously Unknown Infant Deaths in Fisher-Price’s Rock ‘n Play Sleeper

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hybrid hearing on the Committee’s investigation into dozens of infant deaths associated with the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper sold by Fisher-Price, a subsidiary of Mattel, and grave flaws in the U.S. consumer product safety system.

Crapo, Brady Urge Caution on G-7 Agreement

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2021

News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) issued the following statement today regarding the G-7 nations agreement on new rules for taxing global companies...

Neal, Wyden Statement on G7 Finance Ministers’ Global Minimum Tax Agreement

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following statement after finance ministers from the G7 countries announced that they agreed to a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent and reaffirmed the commitment to the removal of all Digital Services Taxes...

Westerman Criticizes Biden Administration’s Proposed ESA Regulations

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it will be rolling back a significant portion of Endangered Species Act (ESA) reforms put in place by the Trump administration. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.

Chairwoman Maloney Requests GAO Report on Gender Pay Gap to Honor Moms’ Equal Pay Day

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), requesting an updated analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) data to assess the gender pay...

Neal Statement on May 2021 Jobs Report

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) May 2021 jobs report...

Chairwoman Maloney Issues Statement on CPSC’s Decision to Recall Two Mattel Inclined Infant Products

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) decision to issue recalls of Mattel’s Rock ‘n Glide Soother and Soothe ‘n Play Glider ahead of next week’s Committee hearing on the grave flaws in the U.S. consumer product safety system...

Chair Grijalva Hails Biden Admin Moves to Restore Endangered Species Act Rules, Urges Further Action on Biodiversity Protection Based on Climate Threats