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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Protecting Communities from Industrial Accidents: Revitalizing the Chemical Safety Board:"
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Leader Griffith Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing with U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chair Katherine Lemos.
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E&C Announces Legislative Hearing on Strengthening our Communications Networks to Meet Consumers’ Needs

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, October 6, at 12 p.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell...
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E&C Republican Leaders Request Information on CDC’s Data of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections

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) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control...
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Leader Rodgers Floor Remarks on the Senate Infrastructure Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 3684, the Senate Infrastructure Bill.
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Pallone Floor Remarks on the Women’s Health Protection Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021...
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Leader Rodgers: “Energy Really is the Backbone of Our Country”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in this week’s forum with the Congressional Western Caucus. This week also marks National Clean Energy Week, which Republican E&C members are recognizing by highlighting their solutions to address climate change risks, create jobs, promote energy reliability, and protect America’s national security.
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Leader Rodgers: “It’s Time to Consider the Safety and Overall Well-Being of Our Children”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the effects COVID-19 policies are having on America’s children.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at 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) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Putting Kids First: Addressing COVID-19’s Impacts on Children:"
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E&C Announces Hearing on Compensating Collegiate Athletes for Their Name, Image, and Likeness

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 30, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell...
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Leader Griffith Highlights Harms Surrounding Children and COVID-19

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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