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News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressed their serious concerns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) lack of transparency...


RECS (Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration) 2020 is Now Accepting Applications

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) invites graduate students and early career professionals who are interested in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to apply for the 2020 Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program.


Pallone & Eshoo on House Passage of Ten Health Care Bills

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 ten health care bills on the Floor today...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today in response to the Department of Defense submitting a Request for Information (RFI) on the creation of a government-owned and operated 5G network...


E&C GOP Leaders on House Passage of Bipartisan Health Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed ten bipartisan health bills advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee.


E&C Leaders Praise House Passage of Suicide Prevention and Awareness Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed five suicide prevention bills...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following statement today after the Trump White House blocked Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., from testifying before the Energy and Commerce Committee...


Murkowski Welcomes Re-Establishment of Arctic Energy Office in Fairbanks

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the Department of Energy (the Department) formally announced it has re-established its Arctic Energy Office in Fairbanks, Alaska.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) wrote to a group of 15 stakeholders today requesting their input regarding whether and how collegiate athletes should be compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), and other related matters.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the growing prevalence of online extremism and social media’s role in its rapid spread. The hearing is entitled, “Mainstreaming Extremism: Social Media’s Role in Radicalizing America."


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Trump FCC: Four Years of Lost Opportunities:"


News Release: Washington, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Promises Made, Promises Kept: Connecting Americans for Future Generations."


​U.S. Department of Energy Announces Establishment of Office of Arctic Energy

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette joined Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowski in announcing the reestablishment of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Arctic Energy Office (AEO), which will be located on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to a group of 15 stakeholders today requesting their input regarding whether and how collegiate athletes should be compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar following up on recent press reports that call into question Azar’s prior congressional testimony on the Trump Administration’s family separation policy.


News Release: Washington, DC - After the Senate Commerce Committee announced a hearing on the need for federal data privacy legislation, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement...


News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to consider the nominations of Mark Christie and Allison Clements to be Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).


E&C Leaders Ask GAO to Investigate NHTSA’s Research and Rulemaking Delays

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) sent a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller Gene L. Dodaro requesting that the GAO investigate...


News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Ranking Member...


DOE Announces $24 Million for Commercial Scaling of Battery and Methane Detection Technologies

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $24 million in funding for 2 projects as part of the first stage of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. These SCALEUP...