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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns are pressing Energy Secretary Steven Chu for answers regarding a $1.4 billion partial loan guarantee for a large-scale rooftop solar project that was to be supplied...

Widespread Support for Job-Creating Spectrum Reform

News Release: The demand for additional wireless broadband continues to rise as American consumers increasingly rely on mobile broadband services and devices such as smartphones and tablets. After years of debate, outreach, and negotiation, Congress is voting today to require the FCC to allow all bidders to bid for...

Committee Leaders Urge EPA to Defend Agency's Legal Discretion under RCRA

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and other members of the Energy & Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the...

Upton, Walden Statements on Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Greg Walden (R-OR) today made the following statements on the House floor in support of the Conference Report to H.R. 3630, which the House approved by a vote of 293 to 132...

Energy and Power Subcommittee Outlines Key Legislative Priorities

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) recently outlined a 2012 agenda for his subcommittee that includes protecting jobs and the economy, increasing access to affordable American energy, and conducting oversight of the Obama administration.

White House Stonewall Continues – Deadline for All Solyndra Documents remains February 21

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee this evening received 463 pages of internal White House documents and emails produced in response to subpoenas issued by the committee on Nov. 3, 2011. On Dec. 12, 2011, committee investigators went to the White House for good faith negotiations...

Upton Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Develop American Energy, Say Yes to Jobs with the Keystone XL Pipeline

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement applauding the passage of H.R. 3408. Included in the legislation is a provision from the Energy and Commerce Committee requiring swift approval of the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline.

As Oil Prices Rise, House Considers Legislation to Increase North American Energy Supplies and Bring Down Prices at The Pump

News Release: Rising oil prices are emerging once again as a threat to the U.S. economic recovery just as it appears to be gaining momentum.

Committee Strikes Accord With White House on Solyndra Interviews, White House Will Cooperate and Allow Key Solyndra Players to Talk

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations announced a key development this afternoon in its ongoing investigation of the $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra. Late this afternoon, the White House and OMB agreed to cooperate and allow the key staff to speak to committee...

Upton, Walden Praise Job-Creating Spectrum Reforms in Payroll Conference Agreement

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today praised the inclusion of key spectrum reforms in legislation to extend payroll tax relief and address other key issues. Upton and Walden...

Upton Statement on Payroll Tax Relief Conference Agreement

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) this afternoon joined all of his colleagues in the House, and a majority of Senate conferees, to support of the agreement reached on temporary payroll tax relief, a patch to the broken Medicare physician payment system, ...

Energy and Commerce Leaders Urge Colleagues to Pass American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act and Force Action on Keystone XL Pipeline

By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce leaders today touted the job creation and energy security benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline and urged their colleagues in the House of Representatives to join them in supporting legislation that would allow construction on the shovel-ready project to begin.

Committee Moves to Subpoena Key White House Staff Relating to Solyndra Investigation Friday at 9:45am

By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a business meeting at 9:45a.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a resolution authorizing the issuance of a subpoena to compel the testimony of five executive branch employees...

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Discusses Employment Trends

By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today held a hearing entitled, “Where the Jobs Are: Employment Trends and Analysis." Today’s hearing was the first in a series of hearings the subcommittee will hold this year to examine employment trends and explore ways to stimulate job creation and bring jobs back to America.

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act Will Give Keystone XL Pipeline a Green Light

By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, an innovative, pro-growth approach to energy and infrastructure development that will remove barriers to energy production and job creation and provide for the crucial repair...

Upton, Pitts Statement on Religious Freedom

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today released the following statements after the White House doubled down on an overreaching mandate that violates employers and individuals’ conscience...

Committee Leaders Respond to Release of DOE Loan & Loan Guarantee Audit

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns expressed concern with today’s release of former Treasury official Herbert Allison’s audit of DOE’s stimulus loans and loan guarantees. Two out of the first three...

Members Explore Ways to Make it Easier to Make it in America

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade this week met with job-creators and industry experts to discuss American manufacturing. Hosted by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), the subcommittee’s Jobs and Innovation Forum discussed ways to “Make it Easier to Make it in...

Committee Leaders Express Concern over EPA Policy that Could Compromise Chemical Facility Security