News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Trump announced his replacement program for the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Inspector General David L. Hunt investigate Chairman Ajit Pai’s failure to disclose a conversation he had with White House Counsel Donald McGahn about the Sinclair-Tribune merger after Pai committed to Pallone during a Committee hearing last month that any such conversations would be disclosed in the public docket.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has approved the first generic version of the EpiPen, used to treat allergic reactions.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law H.R. 2345, the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act.

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 President Donald Trump signed H.R. 5554, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018, authored by Reps. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR), into law today.

News Release: Four Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today demanding to know when he and his staff learned that the Commission had provided inaccurate information about why its comment system went down during the net neutrality repeal public comment...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph J. Simons today urging the Commission to intensify its law enforcement efforts against...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The 9th Circuit Court decision nullified efforts by the Trump Administration to overturn a proposed ban on the pesticide, which has been found to pose a health hazard to humans...

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today urged Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney to consider the full economic effects of a proposed Health and Human Services (HHS)/Office of Inspector General rule that would alter the use of rebates that are common in negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the Commission to investigate reports that Sinclair Broadcasting illegally exercised control over the advertising activities of Tribune Media Company.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on new treatments for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD).

News Release: Washington, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters yesterday to three opioid manufacturers requesting detailed information about each manufacturer’s role in the opioid crisis. The individual letters highlight the complexity of the opioid crisis, which claims the lives of more than 115 Americans every day.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced an $110 million grant program to support the transition to Next Generation 9-1-1 technologies.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters yesterday to three opioid manufacturers requesting detailed information about each manufacturer’s role in the opioid crisis. The individual letters highlight the complexity of the opioid crisis, which claims the lives of more than 115 Americans every day.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 2345, the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act, authored by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), by unanimous consent yesterday.