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News Release: Today, chairs of the House committees with jurisdiction over health care condemned the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for finalizing a rule that weakens protections under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for LGBTQIA+ individuals, women, people with limited English proficiency, immigrants, people of color, people with disabilities, and patients from other marginalized communities and urged HHS Secretary Alex Azar to immediately rescind it.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on the Urgent Needs of Tribal Communities
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Full Committee hearing titled, “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities:"
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Pallone on Supreme Court’s Decision Allowing Employers to Deny Coverage for Birth Control
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania upholding the Trump Administration’s rules allowing employers to deny health insurance coverage for birth control...
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E&C Leaders Seek Justification for President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from WHO
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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell T. Vought today requesting an explanation for President...
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E&C Democrats Request Monthly Reports from Facebook, Google and Twitter on COVID-19 Disinformation
News Release: Today, 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) sent letters...
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Walden, Burgess, and Guthrie Commend Announcements on Vaccine and Therapeutics Demonstrations
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement on the latest announcements from the Departments...
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Democratic Health Leaders Demand Trump Administration Immediately Revisit Guidance Limiting COVID-19 Testing Coverage
News Release: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin today expressing serious concerns with guidance recently issued by the Trump Administration allowing insurance plans and group...
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Energy Subcommittee Announces Department of Energy Oversight Hearing with Secretary Brouillette
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 14, at 12 p.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department...
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Pallone and Murray Criticize Trump for Endangering People With Anti-Science Rhetoric Regarding COVID-19 Pandemic
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wrote a letter to President Trump criticizing his anti-science rhetoric, which...
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Democrats Defend States’ Rights and Clean Cars Standards Against Trump Administration’s Unlawful SAFE Vehicles Preemption Rule; File Amicus Brief in Union of Concerned Scientists v. NHTSA
News Release: Today, 118 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., and 29 U.S. Senators led by Senate Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Tom Carper, filed an amicus brief in the case of Union of Concerned Scientists, 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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Pallone, Grijalva, Gallego, Udall, Murray Raise Concerns about Tribes Being Denied Access to Critical Federal COVID-19 Data
News Release: Today, U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples, U.S. Senators Tom...
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Walden, Brady, Scalise set the record straight about Democrats’ half-baked nursing home report
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, Ranking Members Greg Walden (R-OR) and Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-LA) to set the record straight in response to the release of Senate Democrats’ report blaming the Trump Administration for America’s nursing home crisis in clear ignorance of the facts...
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Pallone Applauds Passage of the Moving Forward Act
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 233-188...
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Energy and Commerce Committee Announces Hearing on COVID-19 Threats to Consumer Protection
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 fully remote hearing on Thursday, July 9, at 12 pm (EDT) entitled “Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic."
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Walden Urges Democrats to Work on Bipartisan Infrastructure Solutions
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2, the Democrats’ partisan infrastructure package.
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Walden, Rodgers Statement on CCPA Enforcement, Need for a National Data Privacy Standard
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) taking effect today.
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Walden, Guthrie Release Second Pillar of E&C Republicans’ Second Wave Project
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today released the second pillar of the Second Wave Preparedness Project with recommendations officials should consider in order to better prepare to produce and distribute a vaccine and new therapies for COVID-19.
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Pallone Requests Information from Companies on Potential COVID-19 Test Price Gouging
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today wrote to request information from ten companies and one trade association about their practices and prices for diagnostic and serological tests for COVID-19. The request comes after the Committee conducted an initial examination that...
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E&C Announces Full Committee Hearing on the Growing Health, Environmental and Accessibility Needs of Indian Country
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced that the Full Committee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, July 8, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the growing health, environmental and accessibility needs of tribal communities across the country. The hearing is entitled, “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities."
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Walden: Public Health Bills Should Not be a Partisan Exercise
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “High Anxiety and Stress: Legislation to Improve Mental Health During Crisis."
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