By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup and passed 16 health bills and 8 communication and technology bills with bipartisan support.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee spoke in opposition to H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act, on the House floor today.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing with the five Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, July 28, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Transforming the FTC: Legislation to Modernize Consumer Protection."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy continues to power the clean energy revolution among American small businesses and entrepreneurs with awards totaling $127 million to support 110 innovative projects - each focused on tackling the climate crisis by harnessing market-oriented solutions and emerging technologies.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - An aging EM -managed system designed to treat liquid and gaseous waste streams from EM operations and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) research and operating facilities is undergoing extensive upgrades designed to extend its life and ensure continuing support of ongoing missions.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently took a significant step in ensuring continued safe storage of radioactive and chemical waste with the removal of a waste transfer pump from a double-shell tank.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - About 30 local middle and high school teachers came together recently at the University of South Carolina Aiken for the Teaching Radiation, Energy and Technology (TREAT) Workshop, an event for local educators held by the DOE Savannah River Operations Office since 1995.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM Acting Assistant Secretary William "Ike" White traveled to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently to tour the site and learn about the progress the facility has made since his last visit in 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Last year, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Education Outreach programs faced daunting limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the organization saw an opportunity to enhance and extend the reach of their broad range of initiatives despite these challenges.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Part of the expanded CyberForce Program to help develop tomorrow’s energy cyber workforce.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on bills that passed the House this week with bipartisan support.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed five communications and technology bills today...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigation Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks today on the need for more rigorous cybersecurity protections to defend against mounting attacks.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed three energy cybersecurity bills today...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
Release: 110 Grants Awarded in 26 States Will Support Scientific Innovation and Clean Energy Development
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Part of the expanded CyberForce Program to help develop tomorrow’s energy cyber workforce.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Collaboration between EM and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International has yielded five new standards and testing practices for fixatives - the latest being approved earlier this summer.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) section 13(b) consumer protection powers...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today delivered remarks on the uptick in recent cyber and ransomware attacks and the need for thoughtful, decisive action.
