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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Robocalls are plaguing American consumers, scamming individuals and undermining our communications systems. Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are marking up bipartisan robocall legislation today to cut the line on robocalls once and for all. Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup on H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act.
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Pallone Responds to EPA’s Proposed Rule for PBT Chemicals
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposed rule for five Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals - a class of toxic chemicals subject to explicitly stricter standards under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act...
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request FDA Briefing on Opioids
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today requesting briefings on two key agency actions related to the opioid epidemic. The Committee leaders are seeking...
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Energy Subcommittee Announces Markup of Pipeline Safety Legislation
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, June 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to mark up H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019.
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Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act Signed Into Law
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPA) becoming law today.
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Eleven House Committee Chairs Blast Trump Administration’s Plan to Redefine Poverty That Threatens Assistance for Low-Income Families & Communities
News Release: Today, 11 House Committee chairs sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to redefine the poverty threshold-a move that would drastically shrink eligibility for public programs such as Medicaid, housing assistance, and free school meals.
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Communications & Technology Subcommittee to Markup Bipartisan Robocalls Legislation on Tuesday
News Release: 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 markup on Tuesday, June 25, at 2 pm in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will markup bipartisan legislation to stop abusive robocall practices.
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Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy and Clean Car Standards
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks today at a joint Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Driving in Reverse: The Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy and Clean Car Standards:"
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Committee Leaders Announce Bipartisan Deal on Robocalls Bill
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) unveiled a bipartisan version of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR 3375) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Medicaid Funding Cliff in the U.S. Territories
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on, ““Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future:"
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Committee Leaders Announce Bipartisan Deal on Robocalls Bill
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) unveiled bipartisan legislation, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act to stop illegal robocall practices.
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Walden Remarks at Hearing on “Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future”
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future."
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Title X Family Planning Hearing
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Protecting Title X and Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care:"
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Pallone Remarks at Energy Subcommittee Hearing on Pipeline Safety Bills
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Legislative Solutions to Make Our Nation’s Pipelines Safer:"
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E&C Leaders Launch Investigation into Oil Companies’ Involvement in Rollback of Fuel Economy & Clean Car Standards
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent letters today to Marathon Petroleum and oil industry lobbying and policy organizations requesting information...
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Pallone on EPA’s Plan to Replace the Clean Power Plan with Trump’s Dirty Power Scam
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their final “Affordable Clean Energy" rule, the Trump Administration’s plan to replace the Clean Power Plan...
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Walden Remarks at Hearing on “Protecting Title X and Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care.”
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Protecting Title X and Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care."
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Pallone & Eshoo on House Passage of H.R. 3253, Bipartisan Legislation to Extend Several Programs Within Medicaid
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House passed H.R. 3253, the Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act of 2019, by a vote of 371-46...
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E&C Republican Leader Greg Walden on Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following remarks on the House floor today in support of bipartisan legislation to strengthen the health care safety net, H.R. 3253, The Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act of 2019.
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Health Subcommittee to Hold Legislative Hearing Reauthorizing Public Health Programs
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 Tuesday, June 25, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families."
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