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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has slapped fines on a pair of commercials ships found to have run afoul of the agency’s inspection and monitoring rules and the need to report violations.
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EPA announces Nov. 30 public hearing on proposal to cut methane from oil, natural gas industries

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is weighing the enactment of a rule supporters say could drastically reduce methane and other harmful air pollution from both new and existing sources in the oil and natural gas industry.
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Leader Rodgers: Socialism Controls. Freedom Creates.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a GOP Leadership press conference today, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks about how President Joe Biden’s energy crisis will get worse under the tax and spending spree.
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Pallone Remarks at Full Committee Markup of 12 Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of 12 bills out of the Health, Communications and Technology, and Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittees...
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Pallone Applauds Committee Passage of 12 Bipartisan Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Full Committee voted to advance 12 bipartisan bills...
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Leader Rodgers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup of 12 Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s full committee markup of 12 pieces of legislation.
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E&C Announces Two Legislative Hearings in December Focused on Big Tech Accountability

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today announced two legislative hearings for next month on Wednesday, Dec. 1, and Thursday, December 9, focused on legislation to hold Big Tech accountable.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Securing America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Energy Subcommittee and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “Securing America’s Future: Supply Chain Solutions for a Clean Energy Economy:"
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Lawmakers Request Biden Administration to Brief Congress on Sweeping, Cure-Killing Provisions and Their Costs

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Lawmakers are urging the Biden Administration to provide greater information and analysis in their rush towards a drug pricing scheme that would dramatically change how the United States pays for drugs and upend the incentives that exist today for innovation and generic and biosimilar competition.
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Leaders McKinley and Upton Opening Remarks in Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Energy Supply Chains

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a joint Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change and Subcommittee on Energy hearing on supply chains for renewable energy sources, Republican Leaders David B. McKinley (R-WV) and Fred Upton (R-MI) spoke about the need to secure American energy and its supply chains.
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Leader Rodgers Opening Remarks in Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Energy Supply Chains

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s joint Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change and Subcommittee on Energy hearing on supply chains for renewable energy sources.
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Leader Rodgers Statement on President Biden’s Summit with Xi Jinping

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden’s meeting today with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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E&C Announces Full Committee Markup of 12 Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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Under Biden’s Watch Seniors Pay More for Everything: Including Medicare

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Heath Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums paid by beneficiaries will increase next year, one of the largest increases in the program’s history.
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Rodgers Statement on GAO Affirming Puerto Rico Enhanced Funding Expired on October 1

News Release: Washington D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) does not have legal authority to permanently extend enhanced Medicaid funding in Puerto Rico.
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EPA allocates $360,000 to Oklahoma Department of Environmental Agency for testing lead in water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 29 announced the recent award of $360,000 that they had given to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.
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EPA honors Penske Logistics for 'freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency'

Penske Logistics LLC has been bestowed with a SmartWay Excellence Award from the Environmental Protection Agency as “a true industry leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency.”
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Pallone Stresses Need for Medicare Prescription Drug Reform After CMS Announces Part B Premium Increase

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums paid by beneficiaries will increase next year, and attributed the increase largely to the rise in prescription drug costs...
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Pallone Applauds Nomination of Robert Califf for FDA Commissioner

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Robert Califf, M.D., to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
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Leader Rodgers Commends Republican Whip Scalise on the Secure Equipment Act Becoming Law

News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement commending House Republican Whip Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) Secure Equipment Act, which will safeguard U.S. telecommunications networks from untrusted vendors.
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