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Pallone Applauds President Biden’s New Paris Agreement Climate Commitments

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in support of President Biden’s new commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement...


E&C Republicans Request Information on Administration’s Handling of the Border Crisis

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris requesting information on the current situation at the southern border, including information about the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) operations...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold on Thursday, April 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget." Last week, the two Committee leaders announced that EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Securing American Network Technology

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, “Leading the Wireless Future: Securing American Network Technology:"


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, April 28, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Long Haul: Forging a Path through the Lingering Effects of COVID-19."


Rodgers: China Can’t Control America’s Technological Future

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.


News Release: Washington D.C -Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered the following remarks about the urgent need to extend the emergency scheduling on fentanyl analogues. She urged Democrats to work with Republicans for a permanent solution-not just a temporary extension-to stop the scourge of fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths.


Leader Rodgers on President Biden’s Expected Paris Climate Accord Announcement

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s climate summit and expected announcement regarding the Paris Climate Accord.


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 legislative hearing on Tuesday, April 27, at 1 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Consumer Protection and Recovery Act: Returning Money to Defrauded Consumers."


Radicalism is Back (Or Did It Ever Leave): Leader Rodgers on the Democrats’ Renewed Push for the Green New Deal

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on Democrats’ plan to reintroduce the Green New Deal-the latest push to advance their socialist agenda and a complete government takeover of the economy.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Energy Subcommittee Hearing on Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Generating Equity: Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future:"


Leader Upton: The Free Market and Competition Rewards Efficiency and Innovation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.


Bipartisan Group of E&C Leaders Urge NTIA to Continue Leadership in the Management of Federal Spectrum

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today urging the agency to fulfill its statutory role of managing federal spectrum use.


Bipartisan E&C Leaders Urge NTIA to Provide Leadership Across the Administration in the Management of Federal Spectrum

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) wrote to the National Telecommunications...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & 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 Friday afternoon to Dr. Peter Daszak with EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) requesting information and documents that could be useful to a comprehensive investigation into the origins of COVID-19.


House Passes E&C Solutions to Protect Americans from Scams

News Release: Washington, D.C.- This week, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis released the following statement on House passage of five bills to better protect Americans from scams, fraud, and other undetectable harms.


Leader Rodgers: We Cannot Afford to Burden Americans With Needless Regulations

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) warned how this plan will raise energy costs, hamper reliability, destroy jobs, and hurt American families.