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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining the state of the nation’s dams and hydropower resources. The subcommittee reviewed the federal licensing process and recommendations to improve coordination between government agencies, promote new infrastructure, and ensure consumers have access to reliable and affordable electricity generated from hydropower.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden(D-OR) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price reminding him that Medicaid waivers cannot be approved by the agency...


Shimkus & Latta Comment on Administration’s Decision to Review Fuel Economy Standards

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement after President Trump announced that the administration will be reviewing the fuel economy standards under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Program and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for motor vehicles. These rules were previously put forth by the Obama administration.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing “Disrupter Series: Advanced Materials and Production":


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “HR 806, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017."


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Donald Trump announced that he will reopen midterm review of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which was finalized under the Obama Administration. This move opens the door to rolling back implementation of the standard requiring cars and light-duty trucks to reach a 54.5 miles per gallon standard by Model Year 2025...


HEARING: #SubHealth to Continue User Fee Hearings, Examining PDUFA

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining FDA’s Prescription Drug User Fee Program."


E&C Democratic Leaders Request Information from NFL & DEA  On Decades Long Illegal RX & Pain Medication Use

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Four Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders today requested answers from the National Football League (NFL) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regarding troubling allegations, made public in a March 9th Washington Post article, that personnel of NFL teams, including doctors and trainers, violated various federal laws for decades involving the use and transport of controlled substances and other prescription drugs.


Pallone Touts Modernizing Our Energy Infrastructure at Hydroelectric Power Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of making careful investments in hydropower infrastructure at a subcommittee hearing today titled, “Modernizing Energy Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities to Expanding Hydropower Generation":


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to examine some of the materials and fabrication methods that bolster many of the groundbreaking advancements made in various industries. Today’s discussion centered around...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure."


NEXT WEEK: #SubOversight to Examine Fentanyl Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fentanyl: The Next Wave of the Opioid Crisis."


Walden Statement on CBO Score of American Health Care Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the American Health Care Act.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement today after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing cost and coverage estimates for House Republicans’ health care repeal bill...


E&C Dems Request Investigation into Pruitt’s Potential Conflicts of Interest

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today requesting an investigation into the policies and procedures designed to safeguard the agency from conflicts of interest. The request comes after Administrator...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), along with Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Gene Green (D-Texas), and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), today wrote to Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ask how several actions taken by the Trump administration could harm the CDC's preparedness for a pandemic flu outbreak.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House 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 the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Seema Verma as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator.


This is Why We Are Here

News Release: While working through the night, Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans laid out their mission: rescuing the American people from Obamacare’s collapse and rebuilding our broken health care system. Members made clear that the patients and families hurt by the law - their friends, family, and constituents...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today passed legislation as part of House Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Earlier this week, the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee introduced draft legislative recommendations that the Budget Committee will compile into one reconciliation package.


#SubDCCP to Explore Technologies Utilized By Communities Across the Country

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Thursday, March 16, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Smart Communities."