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The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Readout of Secretary Raimondo’s Meeting with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Yasutoshi Nishimura

News Release: Yesterday, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo held a teleconference with her Japanese counterpart, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura. During their meeting, the Secretary and Minister discussed ongoing collaboration on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), ...


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Proposed rule published by Commerce Department on Dec. 9

The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted Democrats’ final report and politicization of the Select Subcommittee to attack the Trump Administration rather than conduct impartial congressional oversight of the pandemic.



Chair Grijalva, 10 California Members Send Letter Requesting Improvements to Decommissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Equipment

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter signed by 10 other Members of Congress from California to the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) outlining needed improvements...


Wyden Makes Final Request to Amgen for Voluntary Compliance in Pharma Tax Investigation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued his investigation of Big Pharma’s tax practices with a final request to Amgen for voluntary compliance in providing information about efforts to avoid billions in taxes through profit-shifting to subsidiaries in Puerto Rico.


Molecules Have an Orientation, and Scientists Have a New Way to Measure It

News Release: In some materials, the molecules line up in a regular, repeating pattern. In others, they all point in random directions. But in many advanced materials used in medicine, computer chip manufacturing and other industries, the molecules arrange themselves in complex patterns that dictate the material’s properties.


Neal Celebrates House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act...


News Release: - Over 40% (19 million) of renter households in the country spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs during the 2017-2021 period, according to new American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Households spending more than 30% on housing costs...


E&C Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Encourage Investment & Innovation in Satellite Communications

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on forward-looking, bipartisan legislation seeking to promote competition, innovation, and American leadership in the thriving commercial satellite communications industry...


News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. The BTOS is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement on Democrats’ Washington Commanders report...


Commerce Department discusses Additions of Entities to the Entity List; Removal of an Entity From the Entity List on Dec. 8

The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commerce Department publishes notice on Dec. 8

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Unveiling the Universe: In 4 New Studies, NIST Explores Novel Ways to Hunt Dark Matter

News Release: For decades, astronomers and physicists have been trying to solve one of the deepest mysteries about the cosmos: An estimated 85% of its mass is missing. Numerous astronomical observations indicate that the visible mass in the universe is not nearly enough to hold galaxies together and account for how matter clumps. Some kind of invisible, unknown type of subatomic particle, dubbed dark matter, must provide the extra gravitational glue.