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News Release: 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 information on the...

News Release: Today, we are here to address a major concern of consumers - those annoying and illegal robocalls. The rising tide of illegal robocalls was once a nuisance, but it has grown to threaten the way consumers view and use their telephones. If we don’t get a handle on them, I am fearful robocalls will undermine our entire phone system.

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 “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families."

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement after the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375 ) was reported to the full Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on, “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families:"

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:"

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.

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:"