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Health Subcommittee Announces Hearing on HHS Budget and the Coronavirus Response with Secretary Azar on February 26th

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 hearing on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 26, with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar on President Trump’s budget request for HHS and its agencies for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 as well as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.


President Trump Intends to Nominate Mark W. Menezes to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy

Release: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes to serve as Deputy Secretary of Energy. Mr. Menezes, currently Under Secretary of Energy, would replace Dan Brouillette who is now U.S. Secretary of Energy.


Energy Department Renews Commitment to Collaboration on Hydropower Research and Development with Norway

News Release: Last week the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Norway’s Royal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (OED) made a commitment to collaborate on hydropower research and development by signing an Annex to a previously signed memorandum of understanding (MOU).


Department of Energy Announces Grid Optimization Competition Challenge 1 Winners

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced that the first round of winners has been named in the Department of Energy’s Grid Optimization (GO) Competition. The GO Competition, managed by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA‑E) is a series of challenges to develop...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Saving Energy: Legislation to Improve Energy Efficiency and Storage."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after House Education and Labor Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee finished marking up their respective proposals to end surprise medical billing.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on, “Protecting Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care:"


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Protecting Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care."


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Saving Energy: Legislation to Improve Energy Efficiency and Storage:"


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Site facility that produced two thirds of the nation’s Cold War-era plutonium no longer exists.


DOE Announces 20 New Competitors for the American-Made Solar Prize

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 20 competitors who have been invited to advance to the next phase of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3, a competition designed to incentivize the nation’s entrepreneurs to strengthen American leadership in solar energy innovation and domestic manufacturing.


News Release: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) today held a business meeting to advance the following nominees to the full Senate for confirmation:


OE Releases FY2021 Budget Request

News Release: The Department of Energy (DOE) has released its FY 2021 budget request. The reflects the Department’s ongoing commitment to a secure, resilient power grid, which helps ensure our national security, a strong economy, and the availability of services Americans rely on every day (e.g. power for their homes...


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM workers are set to soon begin transferring spent nuclear fuel from an underwater basin to a dry storage area at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.


News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - A 200-foot meteorological tower critical to cleanup planning at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site recently passed an annual inspection.


DOE Issues Draft RFP for Idaho Cleanup Project Contract

News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Draft Request for Proposals for the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) procurement at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the Fort St. Vrain facility in Colorado.


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Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Autonomous Vehicles

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Automotive Technologies:"


Walden Responds to District Court Decision on T-Mobile-Sprint Merger

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), responds to the U.S. District Court rejection of a lawsuit from a coalition of state attorneys general to block the T-Mobile-Sprint merger...


President Requests $930.7 Million for Fossil Energy Programs

News Release: President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Congressional Budget Request seeks $930.7 million to fund the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE). The Budget Request is guided by FE’s commitment to addressing the Nation’s energy and environmental challenges. The Budget Request includes.