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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bicameral group of committee leaders today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting a review of recent changes in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) planning, budgeting, and financial management activities. Signing...
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Walden, Latta on DOT’s Updated Automated Vehicle Guidance
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 U.S. Department of Transportation released “Preparing for the Future of Transportation, Automated Vehicles 3.0 (AV 3.0)."
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Pallone to Tech Giants: Are Foreign Agents Using Social Media Platforms to Influence the Kavanaugh Nomination?
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to the CEOs of Alphabet, Facebook and Twitter today following concerning reports of Russia-linked efforts to influence the national debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. In his letters, Pallone requests answers on the companies’ efforts to safeguard the American political system and to combat foreign interference campaigns on their platforms.
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Pallone on DOT’s Updated Guidance on Automated Vehicles
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Preparing for the Future of Transportation, Automated Vehicles 3.0 (AV 3.0):"
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Bipartisan Opioids Package Headed to POTUS’ Desk
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Senate passed bipartisan legislation to combat the opioid crisis. H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), will now move to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
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Bill Easing Regulatory Burdens, Reducing Energy Prices for Consumers Signed into Law
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 1109, a bill authored by committee member Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), into law last week.
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Bipartisan Opioids Legislation Nearly to POTUS’ Desk
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today, the House passed sweeping, bipartisan legislation to combat the opioid crisis. H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), now heads to the Senate for a final vote and then to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
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Pallone Floor Remarks in Support of H.R. 6
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act...
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Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Reducing Maternal Mortality
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Better Data and Better Outcomes: Reducing Maternal Mortality in the US:"
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ADVISORY: Walden to Keynote White House 5G Summit
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will be a keynote speaker at tomorrow’s White House summit on 5G. Chairman Walden will deliver remarks regarding the committee’s efforts to secure America’s lead in the race to next-generation wireless technologies.
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#SubEnergy Hosts DOE Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER)
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today with newly Senate-confirmed Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) Karen Evans. WHY: “I’d like to learn today what other pieces are necessary...
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Pallone Remarks at Media Marketplace Hearing
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “State of the Media Marketplace:"
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information from Three Federal Agencies Regarding Efforts to Halt Trafficking of Deadly Fentanyl
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters today to three federal agencies regarding the shipment of fentanyl and its analogues from China, and the trafficking of fentanyl and its analogues over the Southwest border by Mexican cartels into the United States.
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#SubHealth Examines Using Data To Reduce Maternal Mortality
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing to review a new discussion draft of H.R. 1318, the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017, authored by Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO). The discussion draft would create a new...
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RECAP: #SubCommTech Examines State of the Media Marketplace
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing today examining the rapidly-changing state of the traditional and digital media marketplace. #SubCommTech members heard from expert witnesses about how trends in consumer habits and innovation have shaped the 21st century media landscape.
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information from Three Federal Agencies Regarding Efforts to Halt Trafficking of Deadly Fentanyl
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters today to three federal agencies regarding the shipment of fentanyl and its analogues from China, and the trafficking of fentanyl and its analogues over the Southwest border by Mexican cartels into the United States.
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Pallone Remarks at Energy Security Hearing
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response:"
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Pallone Remarks at Public Safety Communications Hearing
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “Solutions to Strengthen U.S. Public Safety Communications:"
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House Committee Leaders Announce Support for Opioid Package
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Judiciary Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in support of H.R. 6, the bipartisan opioid legislation released last night...
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Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Manufacturing in America
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Built in America: Jobs and Growth in the Manufacturing Sector:"
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