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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the rise of ransomware attacks on Tuesday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware."


EM Gets Closer Look at Primary Source of Paducah Groundwater Contamination

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - For the first time, workers at EM ’s Paducah Site are able to closely examine the primary source of off-site groundwater contamination directly underneath the C-400 Cleaning Building.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at the Full Committee Member Day...


E&C Announces Health Subcommittee Markup of 19 Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, July 15, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


DOE Awards $12 Million to Tribal Communities to Maximize Deployment of Energy Technology

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today $12 million in funding to 13 American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the nation for projects that will reduce energy costs and increase energy security and resiliency. The selected projects will power their homes and ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Member Day Hearing.


Department of Energy Awards $3.7 Million for High Performance Computing Research at National Laboratories

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $3.7 million for high performance computing (HPC) projects that address key challenges in U.S. manufacturing and materials development. As part of DOE’s High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative, the 13 selected teams will...


Chairs Pallone and Maloney Seek Documents from Biogen on Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm

News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Biogen Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michel Vounatsos requesting documents related to the approval process, marketing, and pricing of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.


Barrasso Demands Answers from Tracy Stone-Manning on Her Involvement with Tree Spiking Case

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s nominee to be director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), demanding answers on her involvement with eco-terrorists.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the selection of four projects to receive up to $3.5 million to apply machine learning techniques to geothermal exploration and production datasets. This work constitutes the Phase 2 portion of research and development (R&D) conducted under the DOE Geothermal Technologies Office’s (GTO) FY 2018 Machine Learning for Geothermal Energy funding opportunity.


E&C Leaders Announce Medicaid Funding Agreement for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced a bipartisan agreement to provide long-term Medicaid funding to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories.


ICYMI: Wall Street Journal: Biden’s Monkeywrencher

News Release: By: Kimberley A. Strassel July 8, 2021 Wall Street Journal “P.S. You bastards go in there anyway and a lot of people could get hurt." Thus reads a note sent in 1989 to the U.S. Forest Service by Tracy Stone-Manning, now President Biden’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management. Presidents ...


Chairs Pallone and Maloney Issue Statement on FDA Request for HHS OIG Review of Aduhelm Approval

News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued a joint statement following news that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock has requested the...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a bipartisan agreement to provide long-term Medicaid funding to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories.


News Release: For the second year running, more than 30 attendees from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) logged into WebEx on June 8-9 for a virtual exploration of USACE North Atlantic Division (NAD) Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) sites.


EERE Seeks Public Feedback to Define Inadequate Electric Service Areas

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) released a Request for Information (RFI) to seek stakeholder input on factors to consider in relation to defining "an area where there is inadequate electric service," which will inform future eligibility criteria for WPTO's Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program.


Department of Energy Seeks Public Input Regarding Energysheds

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) regarding the concept of an “energyshed" and energyshed management systems. Given that the term “energyshed" is relatively new, DOE is seeking feedback on its concept and definition, as well as its application to the electric grid.


DOE Awards $15.6 Million for Atmospheric Research to Improve Climate Modeling

Release: 27 Projects Will Study Complex Cloud and Aerosol Interactions to Better Understand, Predict, and Respond to the Climate Emergency


Archived State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Program Year in Review Publications

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