News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter today to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting information regarding EPA’s efforts to rollback critically important environmental and public health protections.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) released the following statement today blasting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) final rule intended to implement safety lessons learned from the 2011 accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a full Energy and Commerce Committee hearing next Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at 10 am in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the ongoing Trump federal government shutdown. The Chairman made the announcement at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 116th Congress. Following, are the Chairman’s prepared remarks announcing the hearing...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting information about what communications may have taken place between FCC...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee holds its formal organizational meeting for the 116th Congress. The meeting includes the adoption of Committee Rules, the formal appointment of subcommittee leadership and Member rosters, and adoption of the resolution setting forth subcommittee jurisdiction.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Committee’s formal organizational meeting for the 116th Congress will take place on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at 10 am in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement in response to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar’s refusal to testify at an oversight hearing on the Trump Administration’s inhumane Family Separation Policy...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was recently renominated to serve as the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement upon the recent renomination of Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting internal documents following a series of alarming reports yesterday on the agency’s role in the Trump Administration’s family separation crisis.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the full Republican rosters for all six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. Walden previously announced the committee’s leadership, naming the Republican Leaders for each subcommittee.

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) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 251, as amended by the Senate, into law today to extend the Chemical...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting information about the deactivation of the Energy Star Program’s website due to the ongoing government shutdown.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today requested a briefing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its efforts to monitor and confront the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the second deadliest outbreak in history.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement in response to Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General announcing the Trump Administration separated thousands more children than previously known...