By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
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 Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to not hold oil and gas lease sales in the second quarter of the Calendar Year 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: “The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard," said U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day, at its launch in 1970. The Wisconsin senator was appealing to the nation’s sense of legacy as he endeavored to raise awareness about environmental issues.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, May 4, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs for the American people. The hearing is entitled, “Negotiating a Better Deal: Legislation to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in support of President Biden’s new commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris requesting information on the current situation at the southern border, including information about the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) operations...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden’s intent to nominate Shalanda Baker for Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Dr. Asmeret Berhe for Director of the Office of Science, and Frank Rose for Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: At the Leaders Summit on Climate, the United States and India launched a new high-level, “U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership,” to create stronger bilateral cooperation on actions in the current decade to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Partnership will proceed along ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) today reintroduced H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
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 Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health (RANCH) Act. This legislation will promote resilient and healthy rangelands and effective grazing management across the West.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) announced that he has invited Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon to testify on April 27 at a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee on energy development on federal lands.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
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 fully remote hearing on Wednesday, April 28, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Long Haul: Forging a Path through the Lingering Effects of COVID-19."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s climate summit and expected announcement regarding the Paris Climate Accord.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
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, “Leading the Wireless Future: Securing American Network Technology:"
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold on Thursday, April 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget." Last week, the two Committee leaders announced that EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C -Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered the following remarks about the urgent need to extend the emergency scheduling on fentanyl analogues. She urged Democrats to work with Republicans for a permanent solution-not just a temporary extension-to stop the scourge of fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Roadways, railroads, water and sewage treatment facilities, a bank, a post office, a fire department, and security force - all of this made up EM ’s Paducah Site more than 60 years ago.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM ’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is once again accepting shipments and processing transuranic waste following a successful annual maintenance outage that keeps the facility’s vital national mission going.
