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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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ICYMI: House Republicans tell Biden he’s acting like a ‘Cuban dictator’ with his social media censorship campaign

News Release: 189 Republican Members of Congress, including House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and House Republican Leadership, urged the Biden Administration to abandon their censorship mission and respond to inquiries regarding their coordination with social media companies to censor Americans.
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E&C Announces Health Hearing on Neurodegenerative Diseases

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, July 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Path Forward: Advancing Treatments and Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases."
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E&C Republican Leaders Again Ask NIH for Grant Documents Related to Humanized Mice Experiments and Wuhan Lab

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 new letter Wednesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.
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Energy and Commerce Leaders ask FDA about COVID-19’s Impact on FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Republican...
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Energy and Commerce Leaders ask FDA about COVID-19’s Impact on FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight...
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup of 24 Health & Cybersecurity 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 health and cybersecurity bills...
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E&C Republicans Speak Out Against Overreaching PFAS Action Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee spoke in opposition to H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act, on the House floor today.
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Pallone Applauds Committee Passage of 16 Bipartisan Health Care Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to advance 16 health bills to the full House of Representatives...
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Recap: Highlights from Wednesday’s Full Committee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup and passed 16 health bills and 8 communication and technology bills with bipartisan support.
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Pallone Floor Statement on H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action 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. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021...
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E&C Republican Leaders Remarks at Beginning of Committee Markup of 24 Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following remarks at the beginning of today’s full Committee markup on 24 bills.
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E&C Announces Legislative Hearing with FTC Commissioners

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 legislative hearing with the five Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, July 28, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Transforming the FTC: Legislation to Modernize Consumer Protection."
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Pallone, Tonko Applaud House Passage of the PFAS Action Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021, to protect Americans from PFAS contamination...
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Pallone Praises Committee Passage of Eight Bipartisan Cybersecurity Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to advance eight cybersecurity bills to the full House of Representatives...
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E&C Announces Energy Subcommittee Hearing on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Oversight

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, July 27, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It is entitled, “The Changing Energy Landscape: Oversight of FERC."
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H.R. 2668 Fails to Protect Americans

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce stood together with their Republican colleagues in strong opposition to H.R. 2668-the “Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"-for irresponsibly expanding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority and not taking the opportunity to establish a national privacy framework.
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Bipartisan Communications and Technology Subcommittee Bills Pass the House

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on bills that passed the House this week with bipartisan support.
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Pallone Remarks at Oversight Hearing on Ransomware Attacks

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, “Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware:"
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Griffith: The need for more rigorous cybersecurity protections exists across all industries

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigation Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks today on the need for more rigorous cybersecurity protections to defend against mounting attacks.
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