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Crapo Statement on Tried-and-Failed, Tax-and-Spend Budget Proposals

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden’s FY2024 budget request...


Chair Rodgers Announces Full Committee Markup of 20 Pieces of Legislation to Secure our Energy Future and Competitive Edge

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced a Full Committee markup on 20 pieces of legislation.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after President Biden released his FY 2024 budget that raises taxes on small businesses, ignores imminent Medicare cuts, and hands even more money to the IRS...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Intelligence Director Avril Haines requesting a briefing regarding the DOE’s assessment that concludes the COVID-19 pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak in China.


Wyden to Convene Budget Hearing with Treasury Secretary Yellen

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a committee hearing on Thursday, March 16, 2023 on “The President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget." The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


Hearing Wrap Up: Waste and Mismanagement at OPM is Reducing Services and Raising Costs for Taxpayers

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Yesterday, Danny Werfel, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform explaining that confidential tax information was not shared with the White House in violation of Section 6103 of title 26 of the U.S. Code, contrary to allegations made at the Committee’s hearing last Wednesday.


Rodgers, Johnson Announce Hearing on East Palestine Train Derailment with EPA, State, and Local Officials

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee hearing to address the environmental response to the train derailment in East Palestine, ...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Ways and Means Committee, led by Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), favorably reported out the Default Prevention Act, which would prevent defaulting on our debt, along with an important amendment by Chairman Smith that protects seniors and requires the Biden Administration...


Chair Rodgers: “The Energy and Commerce Committee is Leading to Affirm that Every Life is Worth Living”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup of five bills.


News Release: NEW DELHI - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan to discuss the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), including the IPEF Upskilling Initiative, and the Government of India’s ...


The Default Prevention Act: Avoiding Default and Protecting Seniors, Service Members, and Veterans

News Release: The Default Prevention Act: Avoiding Default and Protecting Seniors, Service Members, and Veterans.


Crapo Announces Chief Tax Counsel, Staffing Updates

News Release: Washington, D.C.--Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today announced staffing updates to expand several leadership roles on the Committee, including promoting Courtney Connell to chief tax counsel, and Jamie Cummins and Don Snyder to senior tax counsel.


Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on the Introduction of the RESTRICT Act

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo released the below statement on the newly announced Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act.


Wyden Reintroduces Comprehensive Bill to End Homelessness and Tackle Housing Affordability Crisis

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today reintroduced the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act, legislation to make a landmark investment to house all people experiencing homelessness, tackle the housing affordability crisis by increasing supply, and expand homeownership opportunities, especially for young people, by creating a new down payment tax credit for first-time homebuyers.


In the Heartland, Ways and Means Committee Listens to Working Americans’ Struggles in Biden Economy

News Release: YUKON, OK - Two days before President Biden releases his budget to the American people, the Ways and Means Committee held its second field hearing in Yukon, Oklahoma to hear directly from working Americans about the state of the American economy in the heartland. Working Oklahomans told the committee...


Wyden and Crapo Call on Biden Administration to Fight EU Digital Trade Policies that Discriminate against U.S. Workers and Employers

News Release: Dear President Biden: We write to raise our continuing concern with the European Union’s (EU) digital agenda, which discriminates against U.S. companies and U.S. workers. It is imperative that you press the EU to ensure the discriminatory aspects of these digital proposals are removed as the United...


E&C Republicans Demand Answers from Biden Administration on Migrant Children Exploitation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to demand accountability for the safety of migrant children who are coming to our country at an alarmingly high rate.



News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 13 bills.


News Release: President Biden’s $4.7 Trillion Tax Hike Proposal: Small Businesses Must Send a Bigger Check to Washington.