News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General’s office today urging the independent office to take over the review of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s potential ethics violations, which was requested by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) last week.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the heads of several agencies, including EPA, DOE, and FERC, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to streamline the permitting process for infrastructure projects.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s intent to nominate Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today expressing concern about CMS’s failure to update the Drug Spending Dashboards since the Trump Administration began. The Dashboards...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Friday, April 13, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “High Octane Fuels and High Efficiency Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities."

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced details for the Thursday, April 12, 2018, hearing entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Energy Budget." The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building and Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry will be the sole witness.

News Release: Washington, DC - Four Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General (IG) Arthur Elkins, Jr. today requesting that his office open an investigation focusing on whether EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has misused or abused his position to inappropriately enrich himself or his family members and whether EPA’s political leadership applied political pressure on Agency ethics officials.

News Release: Following reports this week of possible foreign entities spying on Americans’ cellular calls, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today called on the FCC to crack-down on fake cell towers known as stingrays.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after confirming that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the committee on Wednesday, April 11th, at 10:00 a.m. regarding the company’s use and protection of user data.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today announced that the previously postponed hearing entitled, “Update on the Restoration of Puerto Rico’s Electric Infrastructure," has been rescheduled for next Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at 2:15 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Improving the Ability of Medicare and Medicaid to Provide Care For Patients."

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after confirming that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the committee on Wednesday, April 11th, at 10:00 a.m. regarding the company’s use and protection of user data.

News Release: Three Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting a briefing and answers on radical changes the Trump Administration is making to the Title X Family Planning Services Grants program. In February, HHS announced a number of...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) announced the introduction of the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2018 (H.R. 5425) today, which would update front-of-package labeling requirements in order to prevent misleading health claims and require updates to the ingredient list on packaged foods and other labeling requirements.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) sent a letter to the Linux Foundation requesting more information about the challenges and opportunities faced by the open-source software (OSS) ecosystem.