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Rodgers, McCaul, Lucas Question Admin’s Lack of Response to COVID-19 Inquiries

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Lead Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Lead Republican Frank Lucas (R-OK) sent a letter to President Biden on the administration’s lack of response to requests from Congress on COVID-19.


Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Jan. 11

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rule published on Jan. 11 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Jan. 10

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


E&C Announces Oversight Hearing on the Energy Impacts of Cryptocurrency

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the energy impacts of cryptocurrencies on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains."


E&C Republicans Lead to Combat Chinese Influence in American Medical Research

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans today highlighted bills members are leading to combat and stop influence from the Chinese Communist Party in American medical research. E&C Republicans introduced seven bills that increase transparency, improve oversight, and protect biomedical intellectual property through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


Pallone Applauds Biden EPA Action on Toxic Coal Ash

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) series of actions aimed at protecting Americans from toxic coal ash...


Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Jan. 7

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Environmental Protection Agency publishes 5 notices in week ending Jan. 8

There were five notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending Jan. 8, according to the Federal Register.


Notice published on Jan. 7 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 7

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Jan. 7?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


E&C Republicans Launch Webpage as a Resource for Whistleblowers to Report Tips Related to the COVID-19 Origins Investigation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced the launch of a webpage for whistleblowers as a resource to contact them with information pertaining to their investigation of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Rodgers, Smith, Brady Expose Biden Administration’s Massive Diversion of Funding from COVID-Testing, Cite Billions in Waste & Remaining Funds

News Release: Today, House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08), and House Ways & Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (TX-08) in a letter to President Biden, slammed the Administration for its failure to...


48 notices published in December by Environmental Protection Agency

There were 48 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in December, according to the Federal Register.


Pallone Applauds Implementation of the Ban on Surprise Medical Billing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today ahead of the No Surprises Act’s ban on surprise medical billing going into effect on Jan. 1, 2022...


Rodgers and Guthrie Statement on the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed H.R. 3537, the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act, into law.


Republican Committee Leaders Ask Administration for Detailed Accounting on Broadband Programs

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Appropriations Committee Republican Leader Kay Granger (R-TX) led a series of broadband oversight letters with Education and Labor...


Leader Rodgers Statement Following President Biden’s COVID-19 Remarks

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement following President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 remarks on Dec. 21, 2021...


E&C Leaders Request Briefings Following Alarming Reports of a Website Encouraging Suicide

News Release: Washington, D.C- Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member...