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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced today the following changes to subcommittee leadership and several new subcommittee assignments...
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House Readies Temporary Relief for States in Need of Crucial CHIP Funding
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that includes a short-term technical adjustment to address some states’ dwindling funds for the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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Pallone Requests Briefings from CMS & The MITRE Corporation on Possible Conflicts of Interest in Subcontracting
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent letters to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma and The MITRE Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Jason Providakes today requesting briefings in response to a report...

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NEXT WEEK: #SubOversight to Examine DOE’s Efforts to Address Cyber Threats in Energy Sector
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations scheduled a hearing for Friday, December 8, 2017, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Role of the Department of Energy in Energy Sector Cybersecurity."
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Pallone Floor Remarks on Brownfields Program Reauthorization
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 3017 Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017...
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Doyle Remarks at Hearing on Combating Online Sex Trafficking
News Release: Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a subcommittee hearing on the “Latest Developments in Combating Online Sex Trafficking:"
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Wyden, Pallone Raise Alarm On Medicaid Waivers That Would Hurt Seniors, Americans With Disabilities
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., today announced a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma expressing serious concerns about Iowa’s recently...
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#SubOversight Dives into Post-Data Breach Identity Verification Practices
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing today exploring consumer identity verification practices after a series of massive data breaches compromised the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans.
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House Advances Committee-Led Brownfields Reauthorization
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3017, the Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017 by a vote of 409-8. H.R. 3017 was spearheaded by #SubEnvironment Vice Chairman David McKinley (R-WV) and unanimously passed the committee in June.
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#SubCommTech Considers Bill to Combat Sex Trafficking Online
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today to receive an update on efforts to combat sex trafficking online and examine H.R. 1865, the Allowing States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act.

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Walden and Shimkus Comment on 2018 RFS Requirements
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the 2018 requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
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Pallone To Walden: Fulfill Your Promise to Investigate Trump Cabinet’s Private Travel
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today urging him to hold oversight hearings on the use of private planes and government aircraft at significant taxpayer expense by members of the Trump Administration.
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Pallone Remarks at 21st Century Cures Implementation Hearing
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 “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: An Update from FDA and NIH:"

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Pallone Opening Remarks at Identity Verification Hearing
News Release: 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 “Identity Verification in a Post-Breach World:"

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ICYMI: Blackburn: Congress must stop sex trafficking on the internet
News Release: Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing on combating sex trafficking online, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) penned an op-ed on this important issue for The Tennessean.
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#SubEnergy Hosts its Eighth Powering America Hearing
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its eighth hearing as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. #SubEnergy examined the role and effects financial trading has in the nation’s wholesale electricity markets and whether market design changes are necessary to ensure the efficiency of financial transactions and to protect against improper trading activity.
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#SubDCCP, #SubCommTech Examine Algorithms and Consumer Protection Online
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a joint hearing today on algorithms and their impact on consumers.

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Pallone Opening Remarks at Algorithms Hearing
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Subcommittees on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection and Communications and Technology hearing titled “Algorithms: How Companies’ Decisions About Data and Content Impact Consumers:"

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Pallone Calls for Inquiry into Uber Data Breach
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to a year-old data breach at Uber that exposed information about 57 million customers and was not made public by the company until yesterday...
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Walden, Blackburn on the FCC’s Net Neutrality Announcement
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put forward their plan on Net Neutrality rules.

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