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Pallone, Neal, Scott, Maloney Applaud HHS Restoring Key Nondiscrimination Protections

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-NA), Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) applauded the U.S. Department...


Leader Rodgers Statement on Pfizer Emergency Use Reauthorization for Children 12 to 15

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-old adolescents.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered remarks today on winning the future by ensuring American families have access to dependable broadband services.


Latta: We Must Continue to Support Policies That Will Help all Americans get Connected

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered remarks today on ensuring reliable, affordable internet for Americans.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Thursday to Secretary of State Antony...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Broadband Equity: Addressing Disparities in Access and Affordability:"


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) wrote to their colleagues on the Appropriations Committee today requesting at least $750 million in Fiscal Year 2022 funding for critical network security initiatives authorized under the USA Telecommunications Act.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Rodgers issued the following statement in response to Facebook’s Oversight Board’s decision to uphold the ban on President Trump’s account...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Wednesday to Centers for Disease Control...


Leader Rodgers Calls For American Innovation to Lead, Not a Government Socialist Agenda

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 on Democrats’ radical electric vehicle mandates.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on electric vehicles mandates in the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act: Driving Decarbonization of the Transportation Sector:"


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced a fully remote Health Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on the fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget request for HHS and its agencies. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 HHS Budget."


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Negotiating a Better Deal: Legislation to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs:"


Leader Rodgers: We Need Lower Costs and More Cures for People like Khrystal and Her Son

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today about how Speaker Pelosi’s government price control scheme will lead to fewer cures and less access to breakthrough medical treatments.


Leader Guthrie: Speaker Pelosi’s Government Price Control Scheme Means Fewer Cures and Less Access to Treatments

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the how Speaker Pelosi’s government price control scheme will lead to fewer cures and less access to treatments.


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 fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the Superfund provisions within...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter today to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai regarding the inclusion of language mirroring Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in trade agreements.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter today to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai regarding the inclusion of language mirroring Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in trade agreements.


NIH Director Collins Confirms to Leader Rodgers the Need for Further Investigation Into COVID-19’s Origins

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) questioned National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins on Wednesday about whether he believed further investigation was needed into the origins of COVID-19.