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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks in a subcommittee hearing about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on America’s children.
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Rodgers Statement on Democrats’ Reckless Borrowing and Radical Agenda to Build More Inflation

News Release: Washington, D.C - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after House Democrats passed H.R. 5305, Biden’s Inflation Boosting Blank Check.
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E&C Announces Oversight Hearing on Chemical Safety Board

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at...
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Pallone and Rodgers Voice Support for Price Transparency and Increased Penalties on Noncompliant Hospitals

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra in support of the 2022 Medicare Outpatient Hospital Prospective Payment Rule’s provisions to increase penalties for hospitals not in compliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule.
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Congressional Democrats Urge SCOTUS to Protect Reproductive Rights by Upholding Roe and Rejecting Mississippi’s Blatantly Unconstitutional Law

News Release: Today, 188 Democrats in the House and 48 in the Senate filed a bicameral amicus brief in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, urging the Supreme Court to uphold nearly 50 years of precedent in Roe v. Wade and protect the constitutional right to abortion care. In the House, the amicus...
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Leader Rodgers: “Stop the Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act and Uphold the Value, the Dignity, and the Potential of Every Person’s Life.”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke today before the House Committee on Rules in opposition to H.R. 3755, the Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act.
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Energy & Commerce to Hold Oversight Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Health and Well-being

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, ...
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Pallone on Committee Passage of Build Back Better Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Energy and Commerce Committee passed its provisions of the Build Back Better Act...
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Leader Rodgers in Defense of Hyde Amendment: “Be Warriors of Human Dignity”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s markup defending the Hyde Amendment and upholding the dignity of all life.
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Pallone Congratulates Alvaro Bedoya on FTC Nomination

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden announced his intention to nominate Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC):
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Leader Rodgers: “This is Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist agenda to destroy freedom.”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s markup of the Democrat’s Build More Inflation Act, Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist scheme to destroy freedom and embolden America’s enemies on the backs of American families.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup of Build Back Better Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup on the Build Back Better Act...
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Rodgers Statement on President Biden Forcing Vaccines and Undermining Vaccine Confidence

News Release: Washington D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s expected announcement to force all federal workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine with no option for testing.
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ICYMI: E&C Republicans Urge Buttigieg to Address China-based Huawei’s Threat to U.S. Autos

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Republican lawmakers, led by Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), today urged U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to address recent and concerning reports regarding China-based technology company Huawei’s growing access to the U.S. semiconductor technology.
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Pallone Announces Full Committee Markup of Build Back Better Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Monday, Sept. 13, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on legislative recommendations for its budget reconciliation instructions, which were passed last month by the House and Senate.
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E&C Republican Leaders Respond to Publication of Documents on U.S. Funded Coronavirus Research in China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement about the more...
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Pallone and Neal Unveil Comprehensive Bill to Improve Nursing Homes for Residents and Workers

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) today introduced legislation to update federal nursing home policy to improve quality of care and oversight, after the COVID-19 pandemic took the lives of hundreds of thousands...
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Rescheduled: E&C Health Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Future of Biomedical Research

News Release: UPDATE: This previously postponed Health Subcommittee hearing has been rescheduled for Wednesday, December 8, at 10:30 a.m. (EST). Details have been updated below.
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Chairs Pallone and Maloney Request Answers from FDA on the Approval Process for Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock seeking information regarding the review process and accelerated approval of Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer’s...
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Pallone Blasts Supreme Court’s Refusal to Intervene on Implementation of Texas’ Unconstitutional Abortion Ban

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court failed to intervene to block the implementation of Texas’ unconstitutional abortion law, SB 8, which now takes effect and bans all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy...
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