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News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on the Democrats winning the House majority last night...
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FDA Port of Entry Investigation Stats Suggest More Emphasis Needed on the Importation of Opioids

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this Congress, the Energy and Commerce Committee received responses to questions posed to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding Port of Entry (POE) investigations, specifically the Office of Criminal Investigation’s (OCI) actions to combat the opioid crisis, and...
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E&C Democrats Demand Information on the Trump DOE’s Troubling Record on Energy Efficiency Standards

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry today requesting information...
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Walden, Latta, and Harper on Anti-Doping Summit at White House

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) released the following statement at the conclusion of the Washington Anti-Doping Summit at the White House.
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Pallone Requests FCC Commence Wireless Resiliency Rulemaking in Aftermath of Hurricane Michael

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the agency to commence a rulemaking before the end of the year to expand and make enforceable the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework. The rulemaking would make FCC resiliency standards enforceable and expand those standards beyond wireless networks.
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Pallone on Trump’s Prescription Drug Announcement

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Trump’s Medicare prescription drug proposal...
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Walden and Harper on DOJ Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today released a statement following the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement on the creation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force. The Energy and Commerce Committee has spent more than a year investigating alleged pill-dumping in West Virginia.
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Walden and Brady on President Trump’s Drug Pricing Speech

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued a statement following President Donald Trump’s speech on drug pricing.
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Walden, Blackburn on the White House National Spectrum Strategy Announcement

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the White House announced it will create a National Spectrum Strategy to improve spectrum management and support next-generation networks.
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Pallone Releases GAO Report on Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a troubling new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today detailing the Trump Administration’s haphazard efforts to reunify families separated at the border due to the so-called “zero tolerance" policy.
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Pallone on Opioid Bill Being Signed into Law

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement following the signing of H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act into law by President Trump...
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POTUS Signs Landmark Opioid Legislation Into Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, a bipartisan legislative package to combat the opioid crisis, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR).
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Committee Releases Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Recommendations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a white paper detailing the committee’s investigation and recommendations regarding coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) cybersecurity practices.
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Walden, Blackburn on FCC Vote to Support 5G

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote on changes to the 3.5 GHz band, a mid-band spectrum critical to the deployment of 5G networks.
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Pallone on Water Infrastructure Bill Signing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 into law...
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Walden, Shimkus, & Upton on POTUS Signing Water Infrastructure Package Into Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed S. 3021, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, into law.
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Democratic Committee Leaders Slam New Trump Administration Health Care Sabotage

News Release: Today, the three House Democratic leaders of the committees with jurisdiction over health care, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), released the following joint...
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POTUS Signs Bills to Lower Prescription Drug Costs by Eliminating Gag Clauses

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Chariman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald Trump today signed two important bills into law, S. 2553 the Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018, and S. 2554 the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act.
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Pallone Wants Answers from Amazon on Counterfeit Products

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a second letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos today seeking answers to a series of questions following concerning new reports on the company’s failure to curtail the sale of counterfeit products on its website. In the letter, Pallone expressed...
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Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Package Headed to POTUS’ Desk

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed S. 3021, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, by a vote of 99-1. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
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