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News Release: 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 fully remote hearing on Tuesday, June 8, with United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Commerce.

Leader Rodgers on Building on Past Bipartisan Wins for Safe Drinking Water Infrastructure

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on drinking water infrastructure.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Legislative Hearing on the Clean Future Act and Drinking Water

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Drinking Water: Legislation to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe and Clean:"

Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee to Markup Legislation to Restore FTC’s 13(b) Consumer Protection Powers

News Release: 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 fully remote markup on Thursday, May 27, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on legislation to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers to return money to defrauded consumers.

E&C Leaders Send Letter to DHS Secretary Requesting Classified Briefings on COVID-19 Origins

By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2021

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), sent a letter today to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting two classified briefings as a part of the COVID-19 origins investigation.

Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information from Chemical Safety Board on Management Challenges

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana...

Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information from Chemical Safety Board on Management Challenges

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Environment and Climate...

House Republicans Unveil the American Broadband Act to Close the Digital Divide

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Republicans unveiled the American Broadband Act to help close the digital divide by ensuring broadband infrastructure reaches all Americans and is not used to fund duplicative and wasteful overbuilding. Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee are leading the way...

Pallone Statement on DOE Initiating Rulemaking Process for New Efficiency Standards for Lightbulbs

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Department of Energy announced it is seeking public input to initiate the rulemaking process for new lightbulb energy efficiency standards...

Leader Upton Calls for Focus on Critical Minerals and Permitting Reform

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

Leader Rodgers to DOE Secretary: The Rush to Green will Undermine the DOE’s Core Work on National and Economic Security

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Budget Hearing with Energy Secretary Granholm

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 DOE Budget:"

House Chairs Issue Statement on Federal Watchdog’s Report on Coronavirus in Nursing Homes

News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Rep. Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight...

Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of the Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1629, the Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act...

E&C Announces Legislative Hearing on the CLEAN Future Act and Drinking Water

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, May 25, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) entitled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Drinking Water: Legislation to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe and Clean."

Energy & Commerce to Hold Oversight Hearing on Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

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 fully remote hearing on Wednesday, May 26, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on building confidence in COVID-19 vaccines in order to vaccinate more Americans. The hearing is entitled, “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence."

Pallone Remarks at Hearing on the Future of Vehicle Technology

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies:"

Rodgers: To Win the Future, the U.S. Must Lead on AVs

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Consumer protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on advancing America’s automated vehicle industry.

Bilirakis: The U.S. Must Seek the Highest and Safest Form of Autonomy so We Can Reap the Benefits