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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced a hearing for Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the fourth video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.


News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a letter from National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins announcing the agency will ask the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to conduct a study on Medication Assisted Treatment...


Pallone Remarks at Hydropower Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Improving the Hydropower Licensing Process:"


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, by a vote of 210-206.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 6026) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced similar legislation in the Senate today as well.


News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing today to review a discussion draft that would reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. H.R. __, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018, drafted by Reps.


Walden and Pallone on Facebook’s Data-Sharing Partnerships with Chinese Companies

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is making recommendations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) take action to help address improper payments in the Medicaid program.


Pallone Remarks at Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the second video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to full committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn requesting they fulfill their commitment to hold oversight hearings of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by immediately rescheduling a hearing that was postponed on February 16.


Bipartisan E&C, Senate HELP Leaders Press HHS for Answers on Health Care Cybersecurity Efforts

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.


News Release: Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law S. 292, the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after a new report from Gizmodo detailed concerted efforts by Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials to spread unsubstantiated claims that a distributed denial-of-service-attacks (DDoS) disrupted the public comment docket in the weeks prior to the vote to repeal net neutrality...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the release of the 2018 Medicare Trustees Report.


Pallone on Medicare, Social Security Solvency Report

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on a report from the Trustees of Social Security and Medicare indicating that Medicare will become insolvent three years earlier than previous projections...


VIDEO: Walberg Spotlights Jessie’s Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the first video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.