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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden signed ten executive orders to contain the COVID-19 crisis...
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Democrats Defend Public Health and Energy Conservation Regulations Against Trump Administration’s Unlawful SAFE Vehicles Rule; File Amicus Brief in Competitive Enterprise Institute v. NHTSA
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), filed an amicus brief today in the case of Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), et al., which is currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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Rodgers Statement on President Biden’s Inauguration
News Release: Washington D,C.- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement on President Joseph Biden’s Inauguration Day.
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Pallone Praises President Biden’s Action Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden signed an Executive Order rejoining the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement...
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Ranking Members Rodgers, Graves, and Westerman Statements on Keystone XL
News Release: Washington D.C- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Sam Graves (R-MO), and Republican Leader of the House Committee on Natural Resources Bruce Westerman (R-AR) issued the following statements regarding President-elect Biden’s reported plan to revoke the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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E&C Leaders Question Integrity of International Code Council’s Code Development Process
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to the International Code Council (ICC) today requesting information regarding the integrity of the International...
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Pallone and Wyden to Verma: CMS’s Attempt to Entrench Harmful Medicaid Changes is Illegal
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote to outgoing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today requesting that the agency rescind a batch of letters it sent to states earlier this month attempting to make it harder for the incoming Biden Administration to reverse illegal and harmful Medicaid changes championed by the Trump Administration.
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Pallone Announces Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Chairs and Democratic Roster
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the full Democratic rosters for each of the six subcommittees in the 117th Congress, including the six subcommittee chairs and the full Committee vice chair, who were elected by the Democrats on the Committee. The six subcommittees and their chairs are...
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Democratic Health Leaders Urge Reversal of Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on the Affordable Care Act
News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray...
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Rodgers Statement on President-Elect Biden’s Vaccine Announcement
News Release: Washington D.C. -House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement about President-elect Biden’s plan for the COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Rodgers Welcomes Eight New Members to the Energy and Commerce Committee
News Release: Washington D,C.- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement after the House Republican Steering Committee selected eight new members to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Pallone Applauds President-elect Biden’s Plan to Provide Economic Relief and Crush the Virus
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on President-elect Biden’s speech tonight outlining his plan to bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis...
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Chairs Condemn Eleventh Hour HHS Rule Undermining Nondiscrimination Protections in Adoption and Critical Social Services
News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., (D-NJ), House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), issued the following...
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E&C Democrats Announce Appointments to the Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today the appointments of Mr. Han Xiao, Ms. Karin Korb, Ms.
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E&C Leaders Demand Answers from Internet Companies Regarding Raising Prices and Imposing Data Caps During COVID-19 Pandemic
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA) sent letters today to nine internet service providers (ISPs) questioning their commitment to consumers amid ISPs raising prices and imposing data caps during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rodgers Statement on the Pandemic Scams Act Becoming Law
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Pandemic Scams Act (H.R. 6435) into law.
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Democratic Health Leaders Call on Trump to Abandon Proposed Rule Changes Making Health Care More Expensive and More Difficult to Access
News Release: House and Senate Democratic health care leaders called on the Trump administration to rescind policies in a proposed rule that would allow states to end the use of Healthcare.gov and state exchanges to enroll consumers in coverage.
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Pallone Highlights Energy and Commerce Committee Accomplishments for the 116th Congress
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today highlighted the work of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the 116th Congress.
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Walden Touts E&C Republicans’ Achievements in the 116th Congress
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released a document detailing E&C Republicans’ legislative achievements in the 116th Congress. Walden released the following statement.
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Walden Names Picks for Commission on State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announced his four appointments for the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics.
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