News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Telecommunications, Global Competitiveness, and National Security."

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced 32 bills to the House of Representatives. 25 of those bills will help combat the opioid crisis.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a legislative hearing for Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing New Source Review Permitting Reform."

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 “Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Examining Concerns About Distribution and Diversion:"

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), yesterday announced the details for a markup on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today reiterating their concerns about the faulty broadband deployment data at FCC and asking him whether this data was used in the Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality consumer protections.

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 “Sharing the Road: Policy Implications of Electric and Conventional Vehicles in the Years Ahead:"

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today to keep ahead of the curve in examining policy implications for electric and conventional vehicles in the years ahead. This hearing was #SubEnvironment ’s third over the last two months dealing with fuels and vehicles.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) opening remarks as prepared for today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment:"

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), formally announced a markup for Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

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 the Office of Special Counsel today requesting an investigation into all three Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners regarding their involvement with the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the three House Democratic leaders of the Committees with jurisdiction over health care, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), sent a letter...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following joint statement today after news that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai directed the immediate transfer of the Universal Service Fund to the U.S. Treasury...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising a series of questions following reports that a lobbyist, whose wife rented a $50-a-night condo to Pruitt, attempted to influence appointments to the agency’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) on behalf of his clients. The reports directly contradict Pruitt’s earlier claims that the lobbyist, Mr. J. Steven Hart, did not have business before EPA.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 10, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the State of Electric Transmission Infrastructure: Investment, Planning, Construction, and Alternatives."