News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s closely guarded, secretly negotiated bill that has yet to be shared with Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee, even as the committee has a markup of the bill scheduled for next Wednesday.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to 16 states today asking how the states are using federal funds to assist treatment and recovery efforts in response to the opioid crisis. The letters were signed by full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), full...

News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to 16 states today asking how the states are using federal funds to assist treatment and recovery efforts in response to the opioid crisis. The letters were signed by full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), full Committee Ranking...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Protecting Unaccompanied Children: The Ongoing Impacts of the Trump Administration’s Cruel Policies:"

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) calls for solutions for the nation’s border crisis and shares experience from firsthand visits to the border at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. Walden also reaffirms he does not support children being separated from their parents at the border.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its 2-1 party line vote today gutting Section 210 of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA):

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled “Protecting Consumers from Pharmaceutical Market Gaming Tactics:"

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions." This is the second hearing in a series of climate change hearings aimed at achieving the Committee’s goal of a 100 percent clean economy by 2050...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “Sounding the Alarm: The Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes."

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Continuing Resolution just introduced to fund the federal government beyond the end of the 2019 Fiscal Year includes a provision he fought to have included that will increase enrollment numbers for the 9/11 World Trade Center...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) calls out the wide gap between rhetoric and reality when it comes to Democrats’ climate proposals at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions." Walden again asks Democrats to come to the table to pass realistic bipartisan bills that can both help the environment and be voted on right now.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it is revoking California’s authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards, affecting the 13 other states and the District of Columbia that have adopted the stricter standards...

News Release: Energy and Commerce 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 Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable: Legislation to Negotiate a Better Deal for Americans."

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement in anticipation of the Administration’s fuel economy announcement...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on supply chain security and spectrum. The hearing is entitled “Legislating to Secure America’s Wireless Future."