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News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Two EM contractors at Savannah River Site (SRS) continue to earn local, regional, and national recognition for their safety performance in 2018 and 2019, and together have accumulated 58 million safe hours.


Paducah Site Engineer Turns Challenges into Opportunities

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM Paducah Site General Engineer April Ladd overcomes challenges.


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and its Idaho National Laboratory Site contractor Fluor Idaho hosted two DOE complex-wide events last week, a safety culture workshop and information technology (IT) collaboration meeting.


Walden Remarks at Hearing on Waivers in the Renewable Fuel Standard program

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard program waiver process for exemptions to small refineries.


Walden and Burgess Statement on Bipartisan Bills to Advance Public Health

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement applauding House passage of five bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills to advance public health.


DOE Announces FY 2020 Small Business Innovation Research Funding Opportunity

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued their FY 2020 Phase II Release 1 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with approximately $97 million in available funding. The following DOE program offices are participating in this FOA...


News Release: House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today called on the Trump administration to detail how and why it has presided over an unprecedented rise in the number of uninsured children in the United States, and what...


Schakowsky Opening Remarks at Consumer Protection and Commerce Hearing on Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act:"


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The largest and most visible remaining structures at Oak Ridge’s East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) are coming down. Demolition is now underway on the Centrifuge Complex as employees work to achieve EM’s goal to finish major cleanup at the site by the end of 2020.


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Protecting the Renewable Fuel Standard Program

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Protecting the RFS: The Trump Administration’s Abuse of Secret Waivers:"


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - J. Scott Kirk, an employee at the Savannah River Site (SRS), recently earned the first-ever Nuclear Service Award from a nuclear advocacy group for his achievements advancing technology in the field.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit all Americans."


Pallone Opening Remarks at Communications and Technology Hearing on the C-Band

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 entitled “Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit All Americans:"


Walden Remarks at Hearing Considering Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act Reauthorizations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce hearing titled, “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act."


Hanford Site Achieves Annual Waste Repackaging Goal

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office cleanup contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) reduced 500 cubic meters of waste to just 122 cubic meters for safe interim storage at the Hanford Site to meet its waste repackaging goal for fiscal 2019.


Department of Energy Awards Strategic Petroleum Reserve Lease to ExxonMobil

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy announced on Oct. 16, 2019, that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) has been awarded the new lease of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s Saint James Marine Terminal and Bayou Choctaw 36-Inch Pipeline (St. James Facility).


Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Five Health Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today upon passage of five bills on the House Floor today to improve our nation’s health care system...


Pallone and Guthrie Introduce Legislation to Support Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced H.R. 4866, the National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation would allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to partner with universities...


Department of Energy Awards Strategic Petroleum Reserve Lease to ExxonMobil

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy announced on Oct. 16, 2019, that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) has been awarded the new lease of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s Saint James Marine Terminal and Bayou Choctaw 36-Inch Pipeline (St. James Facility).


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that he will retire from the House at the end of the 116th Congress...