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Rodgers and Guthrie Statement on Surprise Medical Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its rule on surprise medical billing.


News Release: U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) and Senators Tina Smith (D-MN.) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities, Tribal health programs and urban Indian health organizations address mental and behavioral health needs in their communities.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee led debate on the House Floor yesterday in opposition to H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act, a wasteful and partisan bill that leaves rural America behind and does little in real infrastructure. The bill prioritizes Green New...


Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders Applaud House Passage of the INVEST in America Act

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous...


June: 23 press releases or notices published by U.S. Department of Energy

There were 23 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of Energy in June.


ICYMI: Secretary Granholm Visits NYC To Promote Biden Jobs Plan, Environmental Justice

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to New York City to tout the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework negotiated by President Biden, and the ways it will build a clean energy economy, address environmental injustices, and create good-paying, union jobs.


Latta: I’m Proud of our Bipartisan Record on Securing our Communications Supply Chain

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks today and discussed several bipartisan bills that will secure America’s wireless networks and leadership in next-generation communications technology.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on securing our networks and beating China.


DOE Awards $45.5 Million for Projects to Advance Biotechnology Research

Release: 34 Projects Will Develop New Instruments to Study Cells, Processes to Convert Natural and Synthetic Materials Into Sustainable Biofuels and Bioproducts


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. 3684, the INVEST in America Act...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “A Safe Wireless Future: Securing our Networks and Supply Chains:"


Pallone Praises President Biden for Signing Methane Protections Resolution into Law

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden signed S.J. Res 14, a joint resolution of disapproval, restoring the popular Obama-era methane emissions standards for the oil and gas sector, into law...


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM ’s use of repurposed, Cold War-era hot cells at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site continues to pay big dividends by allowing workers to address some of the most challenging waste types at the Idaho Cleanup Project.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently finished the final phase of jobsite roadway and parking lot paving work for Hanford’ s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) facilities. The DFLAW Program is a system of interdependent projects and infrastructure improvements...


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM hiring managers and workforce management recruiters at the Hanford Site recently participated in two national virtual career fairs to interact with potential employees.


Oak Ridge Primes Powerhouse Site for Future Recreational Use

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Once home to a massive power plant and oil tanks, the former Powerhouse Area at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is now a clean, grassy field primed for future recreational use.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM ’s Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company have safely packaged and shipped the first engineered container of highly contaminated filter media from the K West Reactor spent fuel storage basin to T Plant on the Hanford Site.


News Release: LM welcomes two summer interns with the Mentorship for Environmental Scholars (MES) Program.


News Release: EM ’s success in its new cleanup era is dependent on constructive relationships with regulators and stakeholders, Acting EM Assistant Secretary William “Ike" White told members of the National Governors Association Federal Facilities Task Force (NGA FFTF) last week.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during a Republican forum hosted by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.