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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), committee member Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and committee member Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), along with Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), today introduced the PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018. This bipartisan legislation requires...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and #SubEnergy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement on the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, which includes critical funding for the landmark 21st Century Cures (Cures) Act and additional efforts to combat the opioid crisis.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after a series of gas pipeline explosions near Boston, Massachusetts yesterday...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee Markup of Six Bills...

News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing examining ways to meaningfully evaluate, and responsibly increase the use of value-based models and arrangements in the Medicare program. Members discussed how those initiatives currently operate, as well...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed H.R. 1109, To amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act. H.R. 1109 first passed the House in June 2017, by voice vote. The Senate passed the bill, with an amendment, earlier this month by unanimous consent. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature.

News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today examining the practices and tools to reduce and manage the impacts of wildfire smoke on public health and local communities. Members reviewed how increasing forest management activities, such as prescribed...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), announced that the following committee activity scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, has been postponed due to changes to the House calendar...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced six bipartisan bills, five of which aim to improve patient care and reduce health care fraud, while one will modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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 House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 3021, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires: Mitigation and Management Strategies:"

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today commending the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement on the agency’s new steps to address youth e-cigarette use...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House and Senate Committee leaders today announced a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation, which could be considered on the House floor later this week.