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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today highlighting important Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provisions that he fought to include in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus government funding package...
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Pallone Requests Information on Keystone Pipeline Spill in Kansas
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to the President and CEO of TC Energy Corporation (TC Energy) today to express concern about the recent oil spill from the Keystone Pipeline in Washington County, Kansas and to request information from the company about the spill and how it plans to prevent future spills.
Energy
Pallone & Schakowsky Highlight Key Consumer Protection & Commerce Provisions in Omnibus
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 today after introduction of the fiscal year 2023 omnibus funding package, which included commonsense bills to protect consumers and promote the economy.
Energy
Leader Rodgers Commends Bipartisan Bill to Improve Broadcast Services in Rural Communities
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan Low Power Protection Act out of the House...
Energy
DOE Awards Support Service Contract to Small Business
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for EM Headquarters (HQ) Consolidated Technical Support Services (CTSS) to Catawba-TEA, LLC, of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Catawba-TEA, LLC is a Joint Venture between Catawba Engineering and Environmental Services and Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. Catawba-TEA, LLC is a certified Small Business Administration 8(a) Program participant.
Energy
Pallone Elected Ranking Member of Energy and Commerce Committee for 118th Congress
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress...
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Statement by Energy Secretary Granholm on the Confirmation of Gene Rodrigues
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the U.S. Senate confirmation of Gene Rodrigues by voice vote to serve as Assistant Secretary for Electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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Hanford Suppliers Recognized for Contributions
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ) contractor team recently recognized project contributions by 14 suppliers by presenting them with Premier Supply Chain Contributor Awards during a ceremony at the Hanford Site.
Energy
U.S. Department of Energy Top Accomplishments in 2022
Release: * Fusion Energy Breakthrough: In December, scientists at the National Ignition Facility at DOE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved fusion ignition , creating more energy from fusion reactions than the energy used to start the process. It was the first time this has ever been achieved in ...
Energy
EM Awards Fees for Contractors’ Performance Across DOE Complex
News Release: EM recently awarded performance-based fees payments to 14 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex, including Hanford, Savannah River, Paducah, Portsmouth, Nevada, Idaho, Los Alamos and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Energy
Leaders Rodgers and Guthrie Statement on Passage of Bills to Reauthorize Rural Health Program and Child Cancer Research
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) issued the following statements regarding legislation that passed the House of Representatives today.
Energy
House Chairs Share GAO Findings on Opportunities to Improve Energy Efficiency in Federal Buildings
News Release: On Thursday, Chair Kathy Castor of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Chairman Bobby L. Rush of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee...
Energy
Year in Review Highlights Progress as EM Shifts to Toughest Challenges Left
News Release: After more than 30 years of mitigating the most pressing environmental risks, EM is approaching a crossroads, shifting to remaining work that involves some of the toughest and most expensive challenges. EM summarized its cleanup accomplishments across the complex, including numerous major program priorities, in its 2022 Year in Review released today.
Energy
Manchin Praises Form Energy Announcement to Site First American Battery Manufacturing Plant in Weirton, West Virginia
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, praised the announcement from Form Energy, Inc. (Form Energy) that they have entered into an agreement with the State of West Virginia to build the first iron-air battery manufacturing ...
Energy
LM Plans Wildlife Conservation Initiatives at Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site
News Release: A wide diversity of animals and native plants call the Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site home.
Energy
Pallone and Rush Applaud House Passage of the Martha Wright-Reed Act
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following statement after the House passed S. 1541, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022, the companion bill to Rush’s H.R. 2489, the Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act...
Energy
Energy Department officials applaud 'historic' fusion ignition
An historic fusion ignition was conducted Dec. 5 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the federal research facility in Livermore, California.
Energy
Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement for Underserved and Indigenous Community Microgrids
News Release: DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the DOE Office of Electricity (OE), released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), titled “Underserved and Indigenous Community Microgrids.".
Energy
Steady Beat of Progress in 2022 Shapes Oak Ridge’s Future Success
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) maintained its momentum in 2022, accomplishing ambitious EM priorities, altering skylines and advancing key projects essential to up-and-coming cleanup.
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New Animated Video Lays Out Path to West Valley Main Plant Demolition
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N. Y. - Click here to watch a new animated video showing how EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) will safely take down the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).
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