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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today noticed a joint legislative hearing to discuss solutions to restore American energy dominance.
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U.S. Department of Commerce Looks to Accelerate Equitable Services for Workforce and Underserved Communities

News Release: First Convening of Department-wide Equity Councils
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Comer to Hold Hearing on Biden’s Border Crisis with U.S Border Patrol Agents

News Release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), joined by Congressmen Jim Moran (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), John Tierney (D-MA) and other House members, today introduced legislation in the House to provide a 3.3 percent pay raise to federal workers. The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act would provide the pay hike to all federal employees in calendar year 2015.
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Census Bureau Releases Proof of Concept for Upcoming 2020 Census Product

News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a “Proof of Concept " giving data users an opportunity to review how a new disclosure avoidance methodology would affect an upcoming 2020 Census data product.
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Chair Rodgers Floor Remarks on Bill to End COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on Health Care Workers

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 497, the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act...
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Raimondo: EDA investment supports 'growth of the tourism sector in Wildwood'

A $1.1 million economic development grant award to North Wildwood, N.J., was announced by Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
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Westerman Continues Urging DEO Audit

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the initiation of a roughly 225,000 acre, 20-year mineral withdrawal in Colorado's Thomson Divide. He also designated a separate 54,000 acre national monument as the Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument.
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SEC's Peirce: 'Crypto's value proposition depends primarily on the builders of this technology, not on regulators like me'

Hester M. Peirce, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), recently gave a presentation at Duke University's Digital Assets conference.
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Readout of Secretary Raimondo’s Meeting with Australian Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic

News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo welcomed Australian Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic to Washington, D.C. The Secretary expressed her appreciation for Australia’s close coordination on a variety of initiatives such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) and the ...
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Chair Rodgers Touts Bill to End COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 382, the Pandemic is Over Act...
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2022 Economic Census Is Underway

News Release: - Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced the beginning of data collection for the 2022 Economic Census. Businesses across the nation will begin receiving invitations to respond online to the economic census and will have until March 15 to submit their responses. The economic census is the U.S. government's official 5-year measure of American businesses and the economy.
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Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Applaud Passage of the Pandemic is Over Act and Freedom for Health Care Workers Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statements after the House passed two Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee bills...
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Subcommittee Chair Duncan Opening Remarks at E&C’s First Full Committee Hearing on Restoring American Energy Dominance

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Chairman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered opening remarks today at the first hearing of the committee in the 118th Congress on flipping the switch and unleashing American energy.
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Commerce Department discusses Rescission of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews on Jan. 31

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves at the Information Technology Industry Council

Release: An American Industrial Strategy for U.S. Tech Leadership: Investing in Competitiveness, Innovation, and Equity
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Public Meeting of the National Sea Grant Advisory Board discussed on Jan. 30 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings discussed on Jan. 30 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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America’s First Responders Give NIST Their Communications Tech Wish Lists

News Release: Our first responders have spoken. An extensive research project conducted by experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reveals what our country’s police, fire, emergency medical and 911 dispatch responders think about the communications technology they use on a regular basis and how they would like developers to improve it in the future.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $33.5 Million in Internet for All Grants to 12 Minority-Serving Colleges and Universities

News Release: The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded 12 grants as part of the part of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC).
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