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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver the following remarks this morning, expressing his concern with the policy and rushed process of Speaker Pelosi’s plan, which is being considered at the full committee markup.

Walden Statement on Energy Secretary Rick Perry

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s announcement that he will depart the Administration...

Pallone Opening Remarks at Markup of Lower Drug Costs Now Act and Bills to Strengthen Medicare Benefits

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act and bills to strengthen Medicare coverage for beneficiaries...

Pallone on Committee Passage of Lower Drug Costs Now Act and Bills to Strengthen Medicare Coverage

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the full Committee voted to favorably advance H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, and four bills to strengthen Medicare coverage for beneficiaries...

RESCHEDULED: Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Brand USA and U.S. SAFE WEB Act Legislation

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 legislative hearing on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act."

Murkowski, Smith Introduce Indian Energy Legislation

News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Tina Smith, D-Minn., today introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and improve the Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (OIE). The bill, entitled the Tribal Energy Reauthorization Act (TERA), reauthorizes OIE and the Tribal ...

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to Hold Hearing with CMS Administrator Seema Verma

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Sabotage: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Health Care."

Pallone Opening Remarks at Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Section 230 and Content Moderation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled “Fostering a Healthier Internet to Protect Consumers:"

Pallone Remarks at Health Subcommittee Legislative Hearing on Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic:"

U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Collaborate on Advanced Nuclear Technologies

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share technical expertise and computing resources to speed up the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. The MOU centers on DOE’s new National...

Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Climate Solutions for Non-Light Duty Vehicles

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building on the need to significantly...

Walden Remarks at Hearing on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a joint hearing with Subcommittees Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce titled, “Fostering a Healthier Internet to Protect Consumers."

Pallone Demands HHS Respond to Oversight Requests of the Administration’s Attempts to Undermine the ACA

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today demanding responses to several outstanding oversight requests of the Trump Administration’s implementation...

Department of Energy Authorizes LNG Exports from the Venture Global Plaquemines Project

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order to Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC (Plaquemines LNG) approving exports of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Plaquemines LNG Project. The Project will be located on the Mississippi River, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana approximately 20 miles from the Port of New Orleans.

Robotic Arms, Supercompactor Slice and Squash Challenging Waste

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Two pieces of equipment at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) deliver a proverbial one-two punch to help the facility with the disposition of waste more safely and efficiently.

Work at AMWTP Continues After Waste Treatment Mission

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The transuranic (TRU) waste debris treatment mission scheduled to conclude this fall at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site represents a relatively small footprint within the broader Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP).

AMWTP Adapted to Difficult Waste Types, Unusual Containers

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Challenging waste types and uniquely shaped waste containers have kept things interesting for employees of the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP).

Moab Site Celebrates 10 Million Tons of Tailings Shipped for Disposal

News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM Senior Advisor Ike White underscored the importance of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project cleanup to the surrounding community and the overall EM mission at an event last week to celebrate a milestone of shipping 10 million tons of tailings to a disposal cell near Crescent Junction, Utah.

Idaho Facility’s Distinctiveness Stands Test of Time

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) has maintained its uniqueness since the mid-1990s, when it was envisioned: one facility capable of retrieving, characterizing, treating, certifying, and shipping transuranic (TRU) waste.

AMWTP’s Legacy of Success