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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), issued the following statement in response to the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline.


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of four projects totaling $1 million to conduct cutting-edge applied research and development concerning the interaction between promising biofuels and combustion engines. The projects will leverage a range of National Laboratory capabilities...


DOE Welcomes New Biden-Harris Appointees

Release: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WELCOMES NEW BIDEN-HARRIS APPOINTEES


Pallone, Neal, Scott, Maloney Applaud HHS Restoring Key Nondiscrimination Protections

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-NA), Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) applauded the U.S. Department...


News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-old adolescents.


News Release: On the glistening shores of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin, members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians are experiencing a renewed sense of resilience-in more ways than one.



News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered remarks today on ensuring reliable, affordable internet for Americans.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Broadband Equity: Addressing Disparities in Access and Affordability:"


Rodgers: It’s Critical for Families to be Connected to Have a More Secure Future and Better Quality of Life

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered remarks today on winning the future by ensuring American families have access to dependable broadband services.


Bipartisan E&C Leaders Write to Appropriators Requesting Funding for the USA Telecommunications Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) wrote to their colleagues on the Appropriations Committee today requesting at least $750 million in Fiscal Year 2022 funding for critical network security initiatives authorized under the USA Telecommunications Act.


E&C Republican Leaders Ask State Dept. to Declassify Documents Related to Chinese Military Research at Suspected Lab in COVID Origins Investigation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Thursday to Secretary of State Antony...


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), released an investigative report titled, “The Solyndra Syndrome & the Green Stimulus Delusion." The report examines the striking parallels between the failed green energy stimulus policies of the Obama administration and the policy priorities of the Biden administration.


Royalty Payments Resume under Uranium Leasing Program

News Release: Uranium mining companies with leases under the Uranium Leasing Program (ULP) are required to pay annual lease royalty payments to the federal government. The first payment under recently renewed leases arrived in January 2021. Managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM), ULP has lease agreements with four lessees.


News Release: A report released this week highlights the most significant breakthroughs of the last year in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative, with details on findings that could translate into significant greenhouse gas (GHG) and tailpipe emissions reductions.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on electric vehicles mandates in the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act.


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 an Energy Subcommittee hearing on Democrats’ radical electric vehicle mandates.


Leader Rodgers’s Statement on Facebook Oversight Board

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Rodgers issued the following statement in response to Facebook’s Oversight Board’s decision to uphold the ban on President Trump’s account...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Wednesday to Centers for Disease Control...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act: Driving Decarbonization of the Transportation Sector:"