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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Energy Subcommittee Hearing on Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Generating Equity: Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future:"
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Leader Upton: The Free Market and Competition Rewards Efficiency and Innovation
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.
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Bipartisan Group of E&C Leaders Urge NTIA to Continue Leadership in the Management of Federal Spectrum
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today urging the agency to fulfill its statutory role of managing federal spectrum use.
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Urge NTIA to Provide Leadership Across the Administration in the Management of Federal Spectrum
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) wrote to the National Telecommunications...
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E&C Republican Leaders Request Information From U.S. Group Affiliated With Chinese Lab at Center of COVID-19 Origin Investigation
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Friday afternoon to Dr. Peter Daszak with EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) requesting information and documents that could be useful to a comprehensive investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
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House Passes E&C Solutions to Protect Americans from Scams
News Release: Washington, D.C.- This week, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis released the following statement on House passage of five bills to better protect Americans from scams, fraud, and other undetectable harms.
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Leader Rodgers: We Cannot Afford to Burden Americans With Needless Regulations
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) warned how this plan will raise energy costs, hamper reliability, destroy jobs, and hurt American families.
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E&C Republican Leaders’ Statement on House Passage of Health Bills
News Release: Washington, D.C- Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House passed a series of bipartisan health bills this week...
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Pallone and Schakowsky on House Passage of Five Consumer Protection Bills
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 after the House of Representatives passed five consumer protection bills...
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Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Eight Health Care Bills
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed eight health care bills this week...
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Leader McKinley: Jobs and Opportunities Give People Dignity and Hope for the Future
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act, Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) warned how this plan will put many hard-working citizens in his district in poverty.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on CLEAN Future Act and Environmental Justice
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Environmental Justice: Protecting Frontline Communities:"
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Committee Republican Staff Consider Legislative Options to Rein in Big Tech
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican staff circulated a memo on Big Tech to Energy and Commerce Committee Republican members’ staff, stakeholders, and the public. The memo outlined several legislative concepts and is intended to start a considerate, inclusive, and transparent dialogue as Committee staff consider and develop legislation under the Big Tech Accountability Platform.
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Pallone Remarks at Legislative Hearing on Substance Use Disorder Epidemic
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, "An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America:"
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E&C Announces Telecom Hearing on Ensuring a Secure and Coordinated Wireless Network Future
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, April 21, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on ensuring a secure and coordinated wireless network future. The hearing is entitled, “Leading the Wireless Future: Securing American Network Technology."
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Rodgers: Congress Must Take Action to Keep Fentanyl Analogues Off the Street
News Release: Washington, D.C.- In an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on substance use disorders becoming worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) urged the Majority to take action with Republicans to combat fentanyl-related substances...
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Leader Guthrie Raises the Alarm on Need to Combat Fentanyl-Related Substances
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) participated in a hearing on substance use disorders becoming worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He urged the Democrats to join Republicans in combating fentanyl-related substances...
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E&C Announces Budget Hearing with EPA Administrator Michael Regan on April 29
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, April 29, on President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget request for fiscal year 2022. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.
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WATCH LIVE: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans Holding Forum on the Keystone XL Pipeline
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee David B. McKinley (R-WV) is hosting a forum today on President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline and American jobs. You can watch the forum live on the Committee’s website or YouTube page starting at 4:30 PM ET.
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