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Leader Rodgers Calls on CDC to Follow Science and Update Guidance for Summer Camps, Schools, and Travel

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky on Friday requesting that her agency update its guidance related to children and travel. Leader Rodgers...


LM Receives EPEAT Purchaser Award for Advancement of Sustainability

News Release: For the seventh consecutive year, the Green Electronics Council (GEC) awarded its Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Purchaser Award to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM). LM received the award for making purchases within four EPEAT categories.


News Release: Leadership, honor, loyalty, service, sacrifice. These elements form a common thread running through the conversations with 16 U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) and Legacy Management Strategic Partner (LMSP) personnel who served in the Armed Forces.


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), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau to be deputy secretary of the Interior.


Barrasso: Oil & Gas Production on Federal Waters Helps Give America Energy Independence & Keeps Energy Prices Affordable

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), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine offshore energy development in federal waters and leasing under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.


E&C Republican Leaders’ Statement on House Passage of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C- Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House passed a series of bipartisan mental health bills...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on Superfund sites.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on Superfund sites, Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) advocated for the Biden administration to build on the successes made by the Trump administration.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act: Superfund Proposals to Advance Cleanups, Equity, and Climate Resilience:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In today’s edition of Science, 18 scientists joined in an open letter entitled, “Investigate the origins of COVID-19." House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee...


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), introduced the Federal Interior Land Media Act (FILM Act). This legislation will modernize film permitting on public lands to keep pace with changing technology and social media. It will also eliminate burdensome and unnecessary regulations.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed 13 health care bills this week...


DOE Awards $6.2 Million for Cutting-Edge Research for Efficient Hydrogen Gas Turbines

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced eight university-led projects will receive nearly $6.2 million in federal funding for research and development projects aimed at advancing hydrogen-a clean burning fuel-as a high-performing, efficient gas for turbine-based electricity...


News Release: With funding from the Building Technologies Office, researchers at Columbia University are capturing unique electricity-use data from hundreds of New York City apartments during the state-mandated shelter-in-place orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their ongoing study collects submetering data every...


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), and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced legislation to reauthorize and modernize the collection of the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation fee. The AML fee collection authority is set to expire in September of this year.


News Release: The Initiative for Better Energy, Emissions, and Equity (E3 Initiative) makes clean heating and cooling systems like high-performance heat pumps easier to afford and install in residential and commercial buildings by advancing the research, development, and national deployment of them.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery at today's Health Subcommittee hearing on, "The Fiscal Year 2022 HHS Budget:"


News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statements on the reintroduction of several...


News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Health Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy Subcommittee Chair Bobby Rush (D-IL) released the following statements on the reintroduction...