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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 Trump signed into law S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters on Tuesday to eight call aggregators, who play a role in connecting individuals seeking treatment to sober living homes. The letters pose several detailed questions about the business practices of these call aggregators, and request information about how their employees are trained, as well as what they disclose to callers about any affiliations with treatment centers.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act."

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following the U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s final report on the fire at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, which occurred due to flooding from Hurricane Harvey...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting the Committee hold a hearing to review recent reports regarding the seemingly unauthorized disclosure of real-time location data wireless carriers collect and use in the course of providing cell phone service.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During his weekly reporter briefing, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) held an enrollment ceremony for three bills that are awaiting President Trump’s signature. Among the bills signed and readied for President Trump was S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Reauthorization of the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program:"

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today held a hearing examining the U.S. Olympic community’s ability to protect athletes from sexual abuse.

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 Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining the Olympic Community’s Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse:"

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to review H.R. 5385, the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018, authored by #SubHealth Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) and #SubHealth Chairman Burgess. H.R. 5385 will reauthorize the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program for five years. The authorization for the program expires on Sept. 30, 2018.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - All Democratic Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai expressing concerns about his repeated evasive responses to their inquiries and his outright refusal to respond to Democratic members of the Committee.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House floor during consideration of S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule that would radically restrict women’s health care providers under the Title X Family Planning Program...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed S. 292, the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, by voice vote.

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: Legislation Addressing Development, Regulation, and Competitiveness of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies:"