By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Texas v. United States striking down the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate and throwing the rest of law into jeopardy...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: As the first session of the 116th Congress comes to a close, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) highlighted the Health Subcommittee’s work to lower the soaring cost of prescription drugs, expand access to quality, affordable health care, and improve public health. The Subcommittee held 19 hearings, three markups and passed 31 bills.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: As 2019 comes to an end, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) reviewed the Subcommittee’s oversight work of the last year. In total, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held 15 hearings and the Committee sent 150 letters to the Trump Administration, companies and other entities as part of Committee investigations.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As we approach the end of 2019, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) highlighted the Subcommittee’s work to protect Americans from dangerous consumer products, promote travel and tourism and combat fraud, safeguard consumer privacy both online and offline, and more. The Subcommittee held 12 hearings, two markups and passed eight bills this year.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement for approximately $40 million in Phase I innovation projects for FY2020.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - An EM contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is the recipient of an award presented by a regional commission for low-level radioactive waste management.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider the nomination of Mr. Lanny Erdos to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at the Department of the Interior.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $55 million in funding for two programs to support the development of low-cost electric aviation engine technology and powertrain systems.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: LM is pleased to share the results of the 2019 Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey. The feedback collected is invaluable in helping LM staff understand how to expand our outreach and engagement efforts to communicate most effectively with stakeholders like you. Below is an overview of the key survey findings. to download a full version of the report.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews are deactivating Building K-1600, a former test and demonstration facility for uranium enrichment centrifuges at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, U.S. Department of Energy issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal (DD&R) contract. A multiple award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, utilizing Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) and/or Cost Reimbursement (CR)...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The American Red Cross has received 202 units of blood from employees with Fluor Idaho, EM’s cleanup contractor at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, in blood drives at INL Site facilities this year. The company ranks third among government-sector companies in the state...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - DOE recently presented a Level IV federal project director (FPD) certification to an employee for the first time in three years.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - With the first year of the 116th Congress coming to a close, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) highlighted the Subcommittee’s work to restore net neutrality, combat the robocall epidemic, secure America’s telecommunications supply chain, fix faulty broadband maps, and more. The Subcommittee held 12 hearings, three markups, and passed 11 bills this year.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Democratic House and Senate Committee leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today reiterating their March 2019 request for information and documents concerning Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma’s lavish use of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds on private consultants who were brought on to polish her public image.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statements on Energy and Commerce provisions included in H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection for the performance evaluation period of Oct. 1, 2018 through Sept. 30, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The first team of chemists is setting up shop at EM Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), marking another step toward startup of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity (DFLAW) system.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on health care provisions included in H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $55 million in funding for two programs to support the development of low-cost electric aviation engine technology and powertrain systems.
