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News Release: Washington, D.C- Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House passed a series of bipartisan health bills this week...

Pallone and Schakowsky on House Passage of Five Consumer Protection Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed five consumer protection bills...

Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Eight Health Care Bills

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 after the House of Representatives passed eight health care bills this week...

Leader McKinley: Jobs and Opportunities Give People Dignity and Hope for the Future

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act, Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) warned how this plan will put many hard-working citizens in his district in poverty.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on CLEAN Future Act and Environmental Justice

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 hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Environmental Justice: Protecting Frontline Communities:"

Committee Republican Staff Consider Legislative Options to Rein in Big Tech

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican staff circulated a memo on Big Tech to Energy and Commerce Committee Republican members’ staff, stakeholders, and the public. The memo outlined several legislative concepts and is intended to start a considerate, inclusive, and transparent dialogue as Committee staff consider and develop legislation under the Big Tech Accountability Platform.

Pallone Remarks at Legislative Hearing on Substance Use Disorder Epidemic

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, "An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America:"

E&C Announces Telecom Hearing on Ensuring a Secure and Coordinated Wireless Network Future

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, April 21, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on ensuring a secure and coordinated wireless network future. The hearing is entitled, “Leading the Wireless Future: Securing American Network Technology."

Rodgers: Congress Must Take Action to Keep Fentanyl Analogues Off the Street

News Release: Washington, D.C.- In an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on substance use disorders becoming worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) urged the Majority to take action with Republicans to combat fentanyl-related substances...

Leader Guthrie Raises the Alarm on Need to Combat Fentanyl-Related Substances

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) participated in a hearing on substance use disorders becoming worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He urged the Democrats to join Republicans in combating fentanyl-related substances...

E&C Announces Budget Hearing with EPA Administrator Michael Regan on April 29

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 hearing on Thursday, April 29, on President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget request for fiscal year 2022. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.

WATCH LIVE: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans Holding Forum on the Keystone XL Pipeline

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee David B. McKinley (R-WV) is hosting a forum today on President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline and American jobs. You can watch the forum live on the Committee’s website or YouTube page starting at 4:30 PM ET.

Bipartisan E&C Health Leaders Urge HHS to Enforce Trump Administration’s Hospital Transparency Rule

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra today...

Bipartisan E&C Health Leaders Urge HHS to Enforce Hospital Transparency Rule

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra...

Leader McKinley Delivers Remarks at Forum on Keystone XL Pipeline

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley hosted a forum on President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and what it means for this and other energy projects around the country.

E&C Announces Hearing on an Equitable Transition to Clean Energy

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the importance of facilitating an equitable transition to clean energy. The hearing is entitled, “Generating Equity: Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future."

Rep. Armstrong Highlights the Economic and Environmental Benefits From Keystone XL