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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Strengthening Communications Networks to Help Americans in Crisis:"

E&C Leaders Applaud Senate Passage of Legislation to Protect Communications Networks from Supply Chain Threats

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) applauded the unanimous passage in the U.S. Senate of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (H.R. 4998 ), their bipartisan bill to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain...

Pallone Remarks at EPA Budget Hearing with Administrator Andrew Wheeler

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2021 EPA Budget:"

Bipartisan E&C Initiative to Protect Communications Networks from Supply Chain Threats Heads to Finish Line

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (H.R. 4998 ), their bipartisan bill to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain...

Energy Department Announces Participants of 2021 Collegiate Wind Competition

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the 13 collegiate teams selected to participate in the 2021 Collegiate Wind Competition. Three new schools were selected along with 10 returning teams from previous competitions. The colleges and universities selected to participate in the Collegiate Wind Competition 2021 are.

Energy Department Announces Participants of 2021 Collegiate Wind Competition

Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the 13 collegiate teams selected to participate in the 2021 Collegiate Wind Competition. Three new schools were selected along with 10 returning teams from previous competitions. The colleges and universities selected to participate in the Collegiate Wind Competition 2021 are...

Pallone Remarks at Oversight Hearing on Live Event Ticketing Investigation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “In the Dark: Lack of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry:"

Secretary Brouillette, Minister Naimski, and Minister Kurtyka Hold U.S.- Poland Strategic Dialogue On Energy

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, Poland’s Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Piotr Naimski, and Poland’s Minister of Climate Michal Kurtyka held the third U.S.-Poland Strategic Dialogue ...

Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on the HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak:"

Walden Remarks at Hearing on HHS Budget and Coronavirus

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak."

Rocky Flats Site, Colorado Original Landfill Stabilization Project Update

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) completed installation of the first full row of anchor blocks to alleviate downhill slipping of two sections of a closed landfill at the Rocky Flats Site. In August 2019, DOE began construction work to install steel anchors, concrete...

E&C Announces Hearing on Recycling and Waste Management & Its Impacts on Climate Change and the Environment

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, at 10:30 am in room 2322 Rayburn House Office Building on recycling...

Office of Legacy Management Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request

News Release: On Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) rolled out its fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget request, which includes approximately $317 million for the Office of Legacy Management (LM). LM, which recently reached a long-term stewardship portfolio of 100 sites in 29 states and Puerto Rico,1 is expected to transition two additional sites by FY 2021.

Walden Urges for Consumer Transparency at E&C Hearing on Live Event Ticketing Industry

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “In the Dark: Lack of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry."

Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Fake & Unsafe Counterfeit Products Online

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee 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 hearing on Wednesday, March 4, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...

Murkowski: Forest Service Should Prioritize Wildland Fire Management, Reasonable Access to Alaska Forests

News Release: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the President’s $5.3 billion budget request for the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) for Fiscal Year 2021. During the hearing, Murkowski addressed the importance of fire management, the need for sustainable timber harvesting and recreation access in Alaska, and the disturbing rise in firefighter suicides.

Savannah River Site Fights Contamination With Massive Underground Wall

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM workers recently finished constructing a large underground, water-permeable wall made of recycled iron filings that neutralize Cold War-era chemical solvents found in the aquifer beneath the Savannah River Site.

Hanford’s 222-S Laboratory Receives Safety Leadership Award

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The National Safety Council recently awarded the EM Hanford Site ’s 222-S Laboratory the Safety Leadership Award for achieving more than five consecutive years without a recordable or lost-workday injury.

Career Tour at SRS Highlights Advantages of Technical College Education

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Georgia high school students who take part in a program to equip them with technical occupational skills recently toured EM maintenance facilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

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