News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) released the following statement today on the passage of the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2019 (H.R. 762):

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after the announcement Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb will resign...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report entitled, “Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Could Improve Program and Project Management by Better Classifying Work and Following Leading Practices."

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 762, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2019, by voice vote.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced the Agency detected asbestos in cosmetic products marketed to children and teens. Commissioner Gottlieb also outlined the need to work with Congress to address the agency’s outdated regulatory framework for cosmetics and personal care products to ensure the safety of products on the market...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic leaders of the House and Senate will host a press event Wednesday, March 6, at 11:15 a.m. in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol to unveil net neutrality legislation that will keep the internet open and free.

News Release: Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar demanding evidence and justifications for the Trump Administration’s final Title X gag rule, which threatens the program’s provider network and its patients’ access to care. The letter was signed by 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).

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 hearing on Thursday, March 7 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requesting the committee hold hearings on H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, so that the committee can consider several provisions of the bill that fall within its jurisdiction.

News Release: Today, four House Committee Chairs sent a letter to President Trump expressing concerns and raising questions about recent reports that the National Security Council (NSC) plans to assemble a secret panel to counter the scientific consensus on climate change and question its impacts on the national security of the United States.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on “We’ll Always Have Paris: Filling the Leadership Void Caused by Federal Inaction on Climate Change."

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks for an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on “We’ll Always Have Paris: Filling the Leadership Void Caused by Federal Inaction on Climate Change:"

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 legislative hearing on Wednesday, March 6, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Lower Consumer Costs and Expand Access."