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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, "Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines:"

E&C Health Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Telehealth

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, March 2, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) on telehealth policy in the United States. The hearing is entitled, “The Future of Telehealth: How COVID-19 is Changing the Delivery of Virtual Care."

E&C Leaders Demand Answers from Facebook for Knowingly Permitting Extremism & Disinformation to Grow on its Platform

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Facebook...

Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards Honor EM, NNSA Employees at SRS

News Release: More than 100 Savannah River Site (SRS) federal and contractor employees, many of whom work in EM facilities, have been honored with Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards for in support of the Department’s mission and the benefit of the nation.

Griffith Remarks at COVID-19 Vaccine Oversight and Investigations Hearing

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines."

E&C Leaders Demand Answers from Texas Governor Abbott on Power Outage Crisis

By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2021

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott today demanding answers for the life-threatening winter weather crisis that has left Texans in the dark without power, heat, food, water, and medicine for multiple successive days.

Pallone Applauds President Biden’s Nomination of Brooks-LaSure to Lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2021

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):

DOE Announces Teams to Compete in the 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the eleven teams selected to participate in the 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition. Considered the country's most prominent undergraduate-level wind energy competition, the Collegiate Wind Competition challenges teams of college students to develop a wind energy project and design, build, and test a model wind turbine.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Pathways to a Clean Energy Future

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, "A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future:"

E&C GOP Leaders to CDC Director: Parents Need Certainty. You Have an Obligation to Our Children to Follow the ‘Science and Truth.’

News Release: Washington, D.C- Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Subcommittee Leader on Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Republican Subcommittee Leader on Health Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent this letter to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky.

Rep. Burgess Remarks at Energy Subcommittee Hearing

News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."

DOE Announces Teams to Compete in the 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition

Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the eleven teams selected to participate in the 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition. Considered the country's most prominent undergraduate-level wind energy competition, the Collegiate Wind Competition challenges teams of college students to develop a wind energy project and design, build, and test a model wind turbine.

E&C Committee Announces Hearing with Tech CEOs on the Misinformation and Disinformation Plaguing Online Platforms

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote joint hearing on Thursday, March 25, on misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms.

Leader Rodgers Remarks at Energy Subcommittee Hearing

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."

WTAS: The Boosting Broadband Connectivity Agenda Will Close the Digital Divide

News Release: Washington D.C.- Here’s what experts and top voices in broadband deployment are saying about the Boosting Broadband Connectivity Agenda that House Republicans on Energy and Commerce released this week.

LM Battles Invasive Species on the River of Sorrows

News Release: The headwaters of the Dolores River are located in a meadow called Tin Can Basin, high in the rugged San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. Originally named Rio de Nuestra Senora de las Dolores, or River of Our Lady of Sorrows, by Spanish explorers, the Dolores flows 230 miles before joining the Colorado River in the red rock canyon country near Moab, Utah.

E&C Committee Announces Hearing on Traditional Media’s Role in Promoting Disinformation and Extremism

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 12:30 p.m. (EST) entitled “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media."

Republican Subcommittee Leader Latta Remarks at Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing

News Release: Washington, DC - Republican  Subcommittee Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."

Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, "Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems:"

Rodgers Announces Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee