By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement in response to the tentative settlement reached by Purdue Pharma in a federal opioid lawsuit.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
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 "Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation's Broadband Maps:"
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing, “Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks."
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement that it would soon act to remove flavored vaping products from the market...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing, “Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation’s Broadband Maps." Walden praises progress being made in this front...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks:"
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project recently held unannounced safety exercises for employees using a fire extinguisher training simulator.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding selectees for multiple domestic advanced nuclear technology projects. Three projects in three states will receive varying amounts for a total of approximately $15 million in funding. The projects are cost-shared and will allow...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM’s latest cleanup progress in Oak Ridge has brought the end of an era at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is launching six projects as part of a continuing wave of infrastructure improvements at the nation’s only underground transuranic waste repository - from repairs to a hoist for removing mined salt from the underground to additions to a new fire protection system.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Daniel Walker is a non-traditional college student who enrolled at Idaho State University (ISU) a decade after graduating from high school.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The mission of EM’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) is coming to an end as workers are set to finish transuranic (TRU) waste treatment there this fall.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The results are in, and DOE employees donated a total of 50,744 pounds of food to people in need through the 2019 Feds Feed Families Food Drive this summer. “I feel the agency did a tremendous job - in a very short window - to come together and help fight food insecurity across this nation," said Melody...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement today urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to appeal U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross’s decision last week approving the sale of Hahnemann University Hospital’s medical resident training program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for $55 million. Last week Judge Gross gave CMS one week to appeal his decision...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Improving Maternal Health: Legislation to Advance Prevention Efforts and Access to Care:"
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
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, Sept. 25, on the public health impacts and regulatory authorities related...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding selectees for multiple domestic advanced nuclear technology projects. Three projects in three states will receive varying amounts for a total of approximately $15 million in funding. The projects are cost-shared and will allow ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing, “Improving Maternal Health: Legislation to Advance Prevention Efforts and Access to Care." While Walden is eager to discuss efforts to understand...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has won a national safety award for its efforts to protect workers from mercury vapors.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A new treatment approach designed to expedite removal of residual chromium deep in the ground near the Columbia River is showing promise at the Hanford Site. In the first phase of a study earlier this summer, pictured here, workers with EM Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M...
