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Barrasso Amendment Forces Democrats to Choose Between American Energy or Dictators

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, filed an amendment requiring the Biden administration to hold supplemental onshore oil and gas lease sales by the end of 2022. The administration went eighteen months without holding quarterly onshore lease sales, which is required by law.


DOE Announces $32 Million to Reduce Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector

Release: Methane Monitoring, Measurement, and Mitigation Technologies Critical for a Leak-Tight U.S. Natural Gas Supply Chain, Slowing Climate Change, and Cleaner Air


DOE Announces New Leader of Energy Jobs Office

Release: DOE’s Office of Energy Jobs Will Work with Labor, Other Stakeholders to Ensure DOE Programs Support Quality Jobs


Aug. 6: Congressional Record publishes “Text of Senate Amendment 5366” in the Senate section

“Text of Senate Amendment 5366” was published on page S4326 of the Congressional Record on Aug. 6.


DOE-NETL offers new grant application process starting Aug. 5

Innovative Methane Measurement, Monitoring, and Mitigation Technologies (iM4 Technologies) grant opened on Aug. 5.


Rodgers Statement on Biden Administration’s Declaration of a Public Health Emergency

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement today after the Biden administration declared a public health emergency (PHE) for the current monkeypox outbreak in the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $32 million in funding toward the research and development of new monitoring, measurement, and mitigation technologies to help detect, quantify, and reduce methane emissions across oil and natural gas producing regions of the...


Congressional Scorekeeper Confirms Democrats’ Reconciliation Bill Raises Drug Prices

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Despite Democrats’ claims that their latest budget reconciliation bill will lower prices for families, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today confirmed that the Democrats’ proposed prescription drug price controls will cause prices for new drugs to be more expensive, in response...


There was activity on four bills related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Aug. 4.


News Release: Spokane, Washington - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN):


News Release: Not everyone finds their calling, much less the opportunity to pursue it. For Jay Glascock, Director of the Office of Site Operations (OSO) at the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) Westminster Operations Center, it happened twice.



News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted a comment letter today in strong support of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rules to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and to prohibit all characterizing flavors in cigars. The agency proposed the rules earlier this year to reduce the appeal of cigarettes and cigars, particularly among young people, and improve public health outcomes.


Barrasso: No Cartel Will Save the Biden Administration From its Terrible Energy Policies

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement regarding the announcement by OPEC+ that it intends to increase production by 100,000 barrels daily in September, a lower amount than the increases the group announced for July and August.


Biden-Harris Administration Advances $750 Million Program to Strengthen Clean Energy Manufacturing and Recycling

Release: DOE Seeks Public Input on Expanding Manufacturing Capacity and Clean Energy Economic Opportunities to Revitalize Former Coal Communities


News Release: DOE CESER created an Energy Security Planning Resource Hub as a one-stop-shop for resources designed to support state and local government officials’ energy security planning programs. Energy security planning ensures a reliable and resilient supply of energy through efforts to identify, assess, and mitigate risks to energy infrastructure and to prepare for, respond to, and recover from events that disrupt energy supply.


There are eight releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 5.


There was activity on three bills related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Aug. 3.


Statement By Secretary Granholm On President Biden’s Nomination Of David Crane

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden’s nomination of David Crane to serve as Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy...


Pallone Demands Answers from Oil Companies on Record Breaking Profits Amid High Gas Prices

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to four major oil companies today demanding answers for how they are using their record high profits, and what - if anything - each company is doing to alleviate Americans’ pain at the pump.