News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 251, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 259, Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019...

News Release: Today, at a passing of the gavel celebration on Capitol Hill, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the first three hearings the Committee will hold later this month after it has officially organized for the 116th Congress...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) released the below statement following the passing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Kevin McIntyre, who previously served as chairman of the commission.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after the Senate’s confirmation of Geoffrey Starks to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a term through June 2022 and an additional term through December 2023 for Brendan Carr.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Mary Neumayr to be Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1222, the Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017, H.R. 1318, the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017, H.R. 6615, the Traumatic Brain...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the House passed S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, sending the legislation to the President’s desk to become law.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the committee released a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). The watchdog’s report, “Information Security: Significant Progress Made, but CDC Needs to Take Further Action to Resolve Control Deficiencies and Improve Its Program," is the result...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Farm Bill into law.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a report titled “Nassar and Beyond: A Review of the Olympic Community’s Efforts to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse," which summarizes the committee’s findings after concluding its year-long investigation into sexual abuse within the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and the 48 National Governing Bodies (NGB).

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 767 the Stop, Observe, Ask and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2018, sending the legislation to the president desk to become law.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and #SubEnergy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1733 by unanimous consent. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Senate failed to pass the bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act during the 115th Congress. This landmark legislation would have established the first national framework for the safe and innovative development of self driving cars in the U.S.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a report summarizing its findings after concluding its bipartisan investigation into allegations of opioid-dumping in West Virginia. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), spent more than 18 months investigating large quantities of opioids sent to rural towns.