News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., today requesting a briefing following reports that the agency is reorganizing its environmental health division in ways that could diminish the effectiveness of critical public health programs, including the Climate and Health Program.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless requesting briefings on the potential threat to the U.S. supply of heparin, the only anticoagulant drug used for open-heart surgeries and kidney dialysis.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless requesting briefings on the potential threat to the U.S. supply of heparin, the only anticoagulant drug used for open-heart surgeries and kidney dialysis.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) released a statement today after Congress passed a short-term extension of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program through Sept. 13, 2019...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a statement today after Congress passed a short-term extension of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program through Sept. 13, 2019...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s announcement that EPA will not complete a second draft of its study for the national particulate matter standard, or reconstitute the disbanded subpanel on particulate pollution, despite concerns raised by the Agency’s own independent scientific advisors...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a joint statement today urging the Senate to act to extend the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program before adjourning for the August Recess...

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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announces two personnel moves - a new member of the senior staff and a new addition - for the committee Republicans. Walden previously noted the departure of Melissa Froelich, the outgoing Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW striking a private deal with California to preserve clean car standards, despite the Trump Administration’s attempts to roll them back...

News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today raising concerns over the slower than expected progress of manufacturers and providers of stem cell products to come into compliance with FDA’s...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) comments on the successful lawsuit by The Washington Post and ownership group for the Charleston Gazette-Mail. This lifted the protective order in the multi-district litigation, revealing unsealed internal company documents and exposing details about the distribution of opioids not previously known.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) released a joint statement today urging the Senate to act to extend the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program before adjourning for the August Recess...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Volume 1 of its crumb rubber report, known as the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds - a multi-agency research effort which Pallone requested in 2015 - to characterize the chemicals and risks associated with crumb rubber...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the retirement of Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX). Rep. Olson serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Communications and Technology and the Energy subcommittees.