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News Release: Washington D.C.- Today, Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) led a motion to recommit to redirect $140 million that was earmarked for a failed rail project near Speaker’s Pelosi’s district towards funding mental health and suicide prevention services in states where children do not have the opportunity to receive in-person instruction in school.
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E&C Republican Leaders’ Statement on J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, allowing it to be distributed across the country.
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Rodgers Statement on President Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s $1.9 trillion package, the most expensive single bill in U.S. history.
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Pallone on FDA Authorization of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine...
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Pallone on House Passage of the American Rescue Plan
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan...
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Rodgers, Foxx, and Walorski Lead to Protect Life in $1.9 Trillion Spending Bill
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced an amendment to apply the Hyde Amendment to the entire...
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Latta Remarks at Communications and Technology Censorship Hearing
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Subcommittee Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about government censorship and the silencing of political views.
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E&C Leaders Ask Azar to Clarify His Role in Trump’s Family Separation Policy
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today following up on recent information that calls into question the extent of his role in the formation of the Trump Administration’s inhumane family separation policy.
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Leader Rodgers: “Now more than ever, we need to uphold the First Amendment.”
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about government censorship and the silencing of political views.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Disinformation and Extremism in the Media
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, "Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media:"
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Leader Rodgers Remarks at COVID-19 Vaccine Oversight and Investigations Hearing
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, ““Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines"
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing with COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturers
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, "Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines:"
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Griffith Remarks at COVID-19 Vaccine Oversight and Investigations Hearing
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines."
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E&C Health Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Telehealth
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, March 2, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) on telehealth policy in the United States. The hearing is entitled, “The Future of Telehealth: How COVID-19 is Changing the Delivery of Virtual Care."
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E&C Leaders Demand Answers from Facebook for Knowingly Permitting Extremism & Disinformation to Grow on its Platform
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Facebook...
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Pallone Applauds President Biden’s Nomination of Brooks-LaSure to Lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):
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E&C Leaders Demand Answers from Texas Governor Abbott on Power Outage Crisis
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott today demanding answers for the life-threatening winter weather crisis that has left Texans in the dark without power, heat, food, water, and medicine for multiple successive days.
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Rep. Burgess Remarks at Energy Subcommittee Hearing
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."
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E&C Committee Announces Hearing with Tech CEOs on the Misinformation and Disinformation Plaguing Online Platforms
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) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote joint hearing on Thursday, March 25, on misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms.
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WTAS: The Boosting Broadband Connectivity Agenda Will Close the Digital Divide
News Release: Washington D.C.- Here’s what experts and top voices in broadband deployment are saying about the Boosting Broadband Connectivity Agenda that House Republicans on Energy and Commerce released this week.
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