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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act...

E&C Announces Energy Subcommittee Hearing on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Oversight

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, July 27, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It is entitled, “The Changing Energy Landscape: Oversight of FERC."

H.R. 2668 Fails to Protect Americans

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce stood together with their Republican colleagues in strong opposition to H.R. 2668-the “Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"-for irresponsibly expanding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority and not taking the opportunity to establish a national privacy framework.

Energy and Commerce Republicans Applaud Bipartisan Energy Cybersecurity Bills Passing the House

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement about the energy infrastructure bills...

ICYMI: Barrasso Op-Ed: Biden Must Pull Stone-Manning BLM Nomination if He's Serious about Domestic Terrorism

By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2021

News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso July 19, 2021 USA Today President Joe Biden has called domestic terrorism one of the most serious security threats facing America. In June, his National Security Council even issued a strategy to combat it. So why is he standing by one of his own nominees who collaborated ...

DOE Finds Strong Opportunity For Job Growth In Energy Sector Post-Pandemic

By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2021

Release: Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today hosted a roundtable , “Investing in America’s Energy Sector: An Opportunity to Recover and Build Back Better” to share the findings of the 2021 U.S. Energy Employment Report (USEER). The study began in 2016 to better track and understand employment ...

E&C Announces Full Committee Markup of Health & Cybersecurity Bills on Wednesday

By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2021

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

ICYMI: Wall Street Journal Editorial: The Stone-Manning Files

By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2021

News Release: A Biden nominee’s testimony about her past is directly contradicted.

Rodgers and Bilirakis Statement on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader for the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) released the following statement today on the one-year anniversary of the European Court of Justice ruling to invalidate the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.

DOE Intends to Issue a Funding Opportunity that Accelerates the Renovation of Buildings with Energy-Efficient Innovations

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced its intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on behalf of the Building Technologies Office (BTO) entitled, “Advanced Building Construction (ABC) - 2021." This FOA would fund research that could accelerate the renovation and construction of affordable, appealing, and energy-efficient buildings to ensure America has a carbon-neutral building economy by 2050.

Committee Leaders Urge President to Prioritize Data Privacy Legislation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), along with U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, ...

DOE Provides $28 Million To Advance Scientific Discovery Using Supercomputers

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $28 million in funding for five research projects to develop software that will fully unleash the potential of DOE supercomputers to make new leaps in fields such as quantum information science and chemical reactions for clean energy applications.

Rally Your Classmates and Apply to Compete in Solar Decathlon; October Deadline for Design and Build Challenges

News Release: Passionate about sustainable buildings? Ready to test the skills you’ve learned in the classroom on a real-life project? The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® is ready for your innovative ideas and creativity! Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition that prepares the next generation of building professionals to design and build high-performance, low-carbon buildings powered by renewables.

Lead Investigator: Tracy Stone-Manning Helped Plan 1989 Tree Spiking & Was a Target of the Investigation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to receiving a letter from the retired special agent who was in charge of investigating the spiking of trees that were part of the Post Office Timber Sale in the Clearwater National Forest in 1989.

Highlights from Thursday’s Health Subcommittee Markup

News Release: Today, the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a markup and passed 19 bills with bipartisan support.

Leader Rodgers Remarks at Beginning of Health Subcommittee Markup of 19 Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks at the beginning of today’s Health Subcommittee markup on 19 bills.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Health Subcommittee Markup of 19 Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee markup of 19 bills...

Leader Guthrie Remarks at Beginning of Health Subcommittee Markup of 19 Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks at the beginning of today’s subcommittee markup on 19 bills.

DOE Kicks Off 'Summer of Solar 2021' With Tool That Fast-Tracks Solar Power For Communities Nationwide

Release: Washington, D.C.— The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today kicked off the ‘Summer of Solar 2021’ with the nationwide launch of the Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+) tool – a free web-based platform that gives local governments the ability to expedite their review and approval of residential ...

ICYMI: Secretary Granholm Visits New Jersey To Tout Biden Build Back Better Agenda & Clean Energy Investments